Mark C. Amodio is the author of Writing the Oral Tradition (2004) and most recently The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook (2013). He is Professor of English at Vassar College.

• 1. Introduction: The Pathway(s) from Oral-Formulaic Theory to Contemporary Oral Theory, Mark C. Amodio2. Introduction to the Individual Contributions, Miranda Villesvik3. Revisiting Orality and Literacy, Gregory Nagy4. Preserving Traditions of ‘Them’ and the Creation of ‘Us’: Formulaic Language, Historiography, Mythology, and Self-Definition, Susan Niditch5. Beyond Books: The Confluence of Influence and the Old English Judith, Andy Orchard6. Embodying the Oral Tradition: Performance and Performative Poetics in and of Beowulf, Mark C. Amodio7. Performing Anglo-Saxon Elegies: A Conversation, Mark C. Amodio and Benjamin Bagby8. Notes on the Recordings of Three Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Benjamin Bagby9. Healing Charms in the Lincoln Thornton Manuscript, Nancy Mason Bradbury10. Is the “Formula” the Key to Oral Style?, Edward R. Haymes11. The Formula: Morphology and Syntax, Yuri Kleiner12. Old Norse Riddles and Other Verbal Contests in Performance, Stephen Mitchell13. Performance Archaeology, Eiríksmál, Hákonarmál, and the Study of Old Nordic Religions, Terry Gunnell14. “To Surf through the Shared Riches of the Story Hoard”: The oAgora of the Sigurðr Story, Thomas A. Dubois15. When a Hero Lies, Joseph Falaky Nagy16. “The True Nature of the aoidos”: The Kirghiz Singer of Tales and the Epic of Manas, Karl Reichl17. John Miles Foley: Open Mind, Open Access, Open Tradition, Open Foley, Ruth FinneganMaster BibliographyIndex; Index of Manuscripts Cited

Mark C. Amodio is the author of Writing the Oral Tradition (2004) and most recently The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook (2013). He is Professor of English at Vassar College.

• 1. Introduction: The Pathway(s) from Oral-Formulaic Theory to Contemporary Oral Theory, Mark C. Amodio2. Introduction to the Individual Contributions, Miranda Villesvik3. Revisiting Orality and Literacy, Gregory Nagy4. Preserving Traditions of ‘Them’ and the Creation of ‘Us’: Formulaic Language, Historiography, Mythology, and Self-Definition, Susan Niditch5. Beyond Books: The Confluence of Influence and the Old English Judith, Andy Orchard6. Embodying the Oral Tradition: Performance and Performative Poetics in and of Beowulf, Mark C. Amodio7. Performing Anglo-Saxon Elegies: A Conversation, Mark C. Amodio and Benjamin Bagby8. Notes on the Recordings of Three Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Benjamin Bagby9. Healing Charms in the Lincoln Thornton Manuscript, Nancy Mason Bradbury10. Is the “Formula” the Key to Oral Style?, Edward R. Haymes11. The Formula: Morphology and Syntax, Yuri Kleiner12. Old Norse Riddles and Other Verbal Contests in Performance, Stephen Mitchell13. Performance Archaeology, Eiríksmál, Hákonarmál, and the Study of Old Nordic Religions, Terry Gunnell14. “To Surf through the Shared Riches of the Story Hoard”: The oAgora of the Sigurðr Story, Thomas A. Dubois15. When a Hero Lies, Joseph Falaky Nagy16. “The True Nature of the aoidos”: The Kirghiz Singer of Tales and the Epic of Manas, Karl Reichl17. John Miles Foley: Open Mind, Open Access, Open Tradition, Open Foley, Ruth FinneganMaster BibliographyIndex; Index of Manuscripts Cited