Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Milton McG. Gatch. Loyalties and Traditions: Man and His World in Old English Literature. Pegasus Backgrounds in English Literature. New York: Bobbs-Merrill.

A study of customs and assumptions that form the background of OE literature. Includes discussion of Germanic context, the influence of early medieval Christianity, and the subsequent integration of the two from the time of Alfred the Great to the Conquest.
Area: OE