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1. Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula
1.1 Formula and Formulaic System
1.2 Action-Pattern, Theme, Type-Scene, Motif
1.3 Structural Repetition
1.4 Story-Pattern, Tale-type
1.5 Conclusion
2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a)
2.1 The Critical Background
2.2 Reading weox under wolcnum (8a)
2.3 Old Saxon: uu穗um undar uuolcnun
2.4 Conclusion
3. Chapter 3: The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1
3.1 Reading Fitt 1
3.2 Conclusion
4. Chapter 4: The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression
4.1 Background
4.2 Reading the Sigemund-Heremod Digression
4.3 Under harne stan (887b)
4.4 The Charter Evidence
4.5 Conclusion
5. Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and ヨrvar-Odds saga
5.1 The Development and Survival of ヨrvar-Odds saga
5.2 The Structure of ヨrvar-Odds saga
5.3 Genealogy
5.4 ヨrvar-Odds saga and Beowulf
5.5 The Five Fights
5.6 Conclusion
6. Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit
6.1 Sellic Spell
6.2 The Hobbit: Introduction
6.3 The Hobbit: Formula and Structure
6.4 The Hobbit: Theme
6.5 The Hobbit: Digressions and Episodes
6.6 The Hobbit: Story-Pattern
6.7 Conclusion
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Michael Fox is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He has published on modern rhetoric, medieval Latin, and Old English.
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