Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Alain Renoir. "The Self-Deception of Temptation: Boethian Psychology in Genesis B." In Old English Poetry: Fifteen Essays. Ed. Robert P. Creed. Providence: Brown University Press. pp. 47-68.

Finds that, when Satan goes beyond the biblical source to undertake revenge for its own sake, he is following a familiar pattern in oral tradition, one with which the audience would be acquainted.
Area: OE