Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Enrico Campanile. Ricerche di cultura poetica indoeuropea. Pisa: Giardini.

Considers the formal features of (reconstructed) Indo-European poetry, as well as its cultural and ideological backgrounds, by collating information from surviving ancient poetries. The witnesses summoned include the Vedas, Sanskrit, Avestan, Persian, ancient Greek, Latin, Germanic, Old English, Old Norse, and Old Irish.
Area: HI, PR, AG, LT, OE, ON, OI, CP