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Reviews
Author(s) Title Reference
Kenneth R. Brooks Formula, Character, and Context: Studies in Homeric, Old English, and Old Testament Poetry, by William Whallon 41/1, p. 50
Guðrún Nordal, Tools of Literacy: The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 72/1, p. 175
P. Bibire Scaldic Poetry, by E. O. G. Turville-Petre 47/1, p. 199

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