Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Lars Malmberg. "Poetic Originality in The Wanderer and The Seafarer." Neophilologische Mitteilungen, 74:220-23.

Interprets these two poems as examples of a poet's manipulation of the inherited formulaic diction in an original and artistic manner. Makes the case for poetic originality within a traditional medium.
Area: OE