Michael Fox 
Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien [PDF ebook] 

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Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a formula. Michael Fox imagines the process that generated the poem and provides a model for reading it, extending this model to investigate formula in a half-line, a fitt, a digression, and a story-pattern or folktale, including the Old-Norse Icelandic Örvar-Odds saga. Fox also explores how J. R. R. Tolkien used the same formula to write Sellic Spell and The Hobbit. This investigation uncovers relationships between oral and literate composition, between mechanistic composition and author, and between listening and reading audiences, arguing for a contemporary relevance for Beowulf in thinking about the creative process.

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1. Chapter 1:
Beowulf and Formula.- 2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula:
weox under wolcnum (8a).- 3. Chapter 3: The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1.- 4. Chapter 4: The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression.- 5. Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula:
Beowulf and
Örvar-Odds saga.- 6. Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated:
Sellic Spell and
The Hobbit.- 7. Conclusion.


Circa l’autore


Michael Fox is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He has published on modern rhetoric, medieval Latin, and Old English.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 250 ● ISBN 9783030481346 ● Dimensione 3.7 MB ● Casa editrice Springer International Publishing ● Città Cham ● Paese CH ● Pubblicato 2020 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7605949 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale

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