Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Alain Renoir. "The English Connection Revisited: A Reading Context for the Hildebrandslied." Neophilologus, 63:84-87.

Pointing out the formulaic nature of the OHG poem's diction (as well as its similarity to OE phraseology) and the textbook occurrence of Crowne's (1960) "hero on the beach" theme (ubiquitous in OE verse), he suggests OE formulaic poetry as a reading context for the Hildebrandslied. Corroborates Moritz Trautmann's argument that the OHG poem had an OE predecessor.
Area: OHG, OE, GM, CP