December 1986 Volume 1, Number 3 Download Media Front Matter Editor's Column Articles Annotated Bibliography John Miles Foley, Juris Dilevko, Lee Edgar Tyler, Patrick Gonder Social Functions of the Medieval Epic in the Romance Literatures Joseph J. Duggan A Romanian Singer of Tales: Vasile Tetin Eliza Miruna Ghil The Oral Background of Byzantine Popular Poetry Elizabeth and Michael Jeffreys Perspectives on Recent Work on the Oral Traditional Formula Albert B. Lord Oral-Formulaic Research in Old English Studies: I Alexandra Hennessey Olsen The Oral-Formulaic Theory in Middle English Studies Ward Parks The Message of the American Folk Sermon Bruce A. Rosenberg Supplemental Materials About the Authors