John Miles Foley, Founding Editor

Heather Maring

Heather Maring is Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University, where she teaches Old English, Medieval English Poetics, and Studies in Oral Traditions. She has recently published articles on oral-traditional idioms in Old English verse, including “Two Ships Crossing: Hybrid Poetics in The Dream of the Rood” in English Studies (2010) and “Bright Voice of Praise: An Old English Convention” in Studies in Philology (2011). Maring has also served as a consultant for the Section on Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO.

Articles by Heather Maring

Oral Traditional Approaches to Old English Verse

Volume 18, Issue 2 (October, 2003)

Toward a Ritual Poetics: Dream of the Rood as a Case Study

Volume 26, Issue 2 (October, 2011)

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