Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Saxon Literature: An Evolutionary, Cognitivist Approach.
This book was more years in the making than I like to think about. I would never have finished it if it weren't for the unexpected help of Jack Zipes, who, in a kind of Tolkienian eucatastrophe, swooped in right when things were most dire.
The cover was designed by Wheaton students Leah Smith and Amira Pualwan. From it people of a particular age may be able to guess at what album I most overplayed in the summer of 1982.
