Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

A.W. Gomme. "Homer and Recent Criticism." In More Essays in Greek History and Literature. Ed. David A. Campbell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 1-18.

Denies the possibility of a purely oral-formulaic theory of composition for the Iliad and Odyssey, stressing the literary qualities of the epics.
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