Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Arthur A. Wachsler. "Grettir's Fight with a Bear: Another Neglected Analogue of Beowulf in the Grettis Saga Asmundarsonar." English Studies, 5:381-90.

Describes similarities in the attacks of Grendel and those of a bear in Grettis Saga and concludes that the evidence "should lead to a reappraisal of the relevance of the Grettis Saga for the understanding of the Beowulf poet's use of folktales found in the Norse traditions" (390).
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