Revising Oral Theory: Formulaic Composition in Old English and Old Icelandic Verse

ISBN-13: 9780815331025 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 136 str.

Paul Acker; Paul D. Ackerman

Opis

Focusing on the Old English poem Beowulf, on various Old Norse rune poems, and on the Old Icelandic mythological and legendary poems of the Elder Edda, this study addresses the following questions: what does it mean to compose with formulas; was repetition in these poems fixed or flexible; how do formulas relate to more large-scale poetic strategies and motifs; and in what sense are such formulas a part of oral tradition?

Recenzje

" Paul Acker has written a very useful and timely book." -- Speculum

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Fixed and Flexible Levels In Syndetic Formulas; Chapter 2 Flexible Formulas, Systems, and Strategies in the Old English Rune Poem; Chapter 3 Flexible Formulas, Systems, Strategies, and Themes in Old Icelandic Eddic Verse; Chapter 4 A Survey of Oral-Formulaic Criticism Of Eddic Poetry;

O autorze

Paul Acker