Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien

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.

• 1. Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula.- 2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a).- 3.Chapter 3: The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1.- 4. Chapter 4: The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression.- 5.Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga.- 6.Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit.- 7. Conclusion.