{"product_id":"9783030481360","title":"Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFollowing the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFox, Michael\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollowing the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien\u003c\/i\u003e proposes that \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e was composed according to a formula. Michael Fox imagines the process that generated the poem and provides a model for reading it, extending this model to investigate formula in a half-line, a fitt, a digression, and a story-pattern or folktale, including the Old-Norse Icelandic Ö\u003ci\u003ervar-Odds saga\u003c\/i\u003e. Fox also explores how J. R. R. Tolkien used the same formula to write \u003ci\u003eSellic Spell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e. This investigation uncovers relationships between oral and literate composition, between mechanistic composition and author, and between listening and reading audiences, arguing for a contemporary relevance for \u003ci\u003eBeowulf \u003c\/i\u003ein thinking about the creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-09-23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030481360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-48134-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 250\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385501540492,"sku":"9783030481360","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030481360.jpg?v=1776045040","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030481360","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}