Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

James L. Rosier. "Generative Composition in Beowulf." English Studies, 58:193-203.

Follows his earlier article (1963) in documenting instances of the associative or "generative" method of "contiguous recurrence of forms" (201), distinguishing it from formulaic composition and arguing for its preservation over time as a poetic mode.
Area: OE