Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Myles Dillon, ed. Early Irish Society. Publications of the Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland. Dublin: Colm o Lochlainn. Rpt. 1959, 1963.

A collection of essays on Irish language (Dillon), early literature (David Greene), origin-legends (M.A. O'Brien), secular institutions (D.A. Binchy), the impact of Christianity (James Carney), and early society (Greene). The second entry (pp. 22-35) considers the r ole of the poet-seer or file, roots in oral tradition, poetic diction, and narrative commonplaces in the sagas.
Area: OI