Title: Oral-Formulaic Character of Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry
Abstract: Previous articleNext article No AccessOral-Formulaic Character of Anglo-Saxon Narrative PoetryFrancis P. Magoun, Jr.Francis P. Magoun, Jr.PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 28, Number 3Jul., 1953 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2847021 Views: 31Total views on this site Citations: 75Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1953 The Mediaeval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Nataliia Drozhashchikh Form-Meaning Systematicity in Old English Alliterative Verse, Neophilologus 106, no.33 (Nov 2021): 479–493.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-021-09711-8Imomotimi Armstrong Formula in the Praise Chants of Chief Adolphus Munamuna, Ọụbẹbẹ Kẹnị Ịzọn Ibe (The Chief Oral Poet of the Ịzọn Nation), English Studies in Africa 65, no.22 (Jul 2022): 44–58.https://doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2022.2096754Paul Battles Intertextuality and Sociolectal Differentiation in Old Saxon and Old English Verse: A Stylometric Analysis Using N-grams, Modern Philology 119, no.44 (Apr 2022): 443–467.https://doi.org/10.1086/719239Amy Faulkner Death and Treasure in Exodus and Beowulf, English Studies 101, no.77 (Dec 2020): 785–801.https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2020.1847916Stephen Yeager The Global Far North, English Language Notes 58, no.22 (Oct 2020): 151–166.https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-8558035Muhammad Javed A Study of Old English Period (450 AD to 1066 AD), IJOHMN (International Journal online of Humanities) 5, no.66 (Dec 2019): 18.https://doi.org/10.24113/ijohmn.v5i6.154Monique Tangelder, Bettelou Los Chapter 9. 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