Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Alain Renoir. "The Least Elegiac of the Elegies: A Contextual Glance at The Husband's Message." Studia Neophilologica, 53:69-76.

While considering the meaning of "elegy" in OE poetry and reflecting on appropriate reactions to the "elegiac" nature of The Husband's Message, he mentions the connotative power of the oral-formulaic theme of "exile" (see Greenfield 1955).
Area: OE