Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Paul B. Taylor. "Heroic Ritual in the Old English Maxims." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 70:387-407.

Treats the Maxims as an aphoristic repository of heroic attitudes and conventions preserved in a ritualized form. Mentions formulaic diction and Magoun's (1955b) "Beasts of Battle" theme.
Area: OE