Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Harry E. Kavros. "Swefan æfter Symble: The Feast-Sleep Theme in Beowulf." Neophilologus 65:120-28.

Arguing that "themes in oral-formulaic poetry are traditional but not necessary" (120), he studies the aesthetic impact of the "feasting-sleeping" theme in Beowulf and other Old English poems.
Area: OE