Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Lee C. Ramsey. "The Sea Voyages in Beowulf." Neophilologische Mitteilungen, 72:51-59.

Considers the two sea voyages in Beowulf, contending that, like other OE poems, their similarity consists largely of shared narrative structure rather than formulaic diction. He then interprets Scyld's and Beowulf's funerals against the background of the sea-voyage pattern.
Area: OE