TY - BOOK ID - 65546213 TI - Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien PY - 2020 SN - 3030481344 3030481336 PB - Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Literature, Medieval. KW - Classical literature. KW - Literature—Translations. KW - Poetry. KW - Translation and interpretation. KW - Motion pictures. KW - Medieval Literature. KW - Classical and Antique Literature. KW - Translation Studies. KW - Poetry and Poetics. KW - Translation. KW - Adaptation Studies. KW - Poems KW - Poetry KW - Verses (Poetry) KW - Literature KW - Literature, Classical KW - Literature, Ancient KW - Greek literature KW - Latin literature KW - European literature KW - Medieval literature KW - Cinema KW - Feature films KW - Films KW - Movies KW - Moving-pictures KW - Audio-visual materials KW - Mass media KW - Performing arts KW - Interpretation and translation KW - Interpreting and translating KW - Language and languages KW - Translation and interpretation KW - Translators KW - Philosophy KW - History and criticism KW - Translating KW - Medievalism. KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Middle Ages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65546213 AB - Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf 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 Örvar-Odds saga. Fox also explores how J. R. R. Tolkien used the same formula to write Sellic Spell and The Hobbit. 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 Beowulf in thinking about the creative process. ER -