Author : Stephen Knight
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,55 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801438851
In this engaging and deeply informed book, Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. Illustrations.
Author : Lesley Coote
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1789142695
Robin Hood is one of the most enduring and well-known figures of English folklore. Yet who was he really? In this intriguing book, Lesley Coote reexamines the early tales about Robin in light of the stories, both English and French, that have grown up around them—stories with which they shared many elements of form and meaning. In the process, she returns to questions such as where did Robin come from, and what did these stories mean? The Robin who reveals himself is as spiritual as he is secular, and as much an insider as he is an outlaw. And in the context of current debates about national identity and Britain’s relationship with the wider world, Robin emerges to be as European as he is English—or perhaps, as Coote suggests, that is precisely the quality which made him fundamentally English all along.
Author : Lesley Coote
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0429810059
This cutting-edge volume demonstrates both the literary quality and the socio-economic importance of works on "the matter of the greenwood" over a long chronological period. These include drama texts, prose literature and novels (among them, children's literature), and poetry. Whilst some of these are anonymous, others are by acknowledged canonical writers such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and John Keats. The editors and the contributors argue that it is vitally important to include Robin Hood texts in the canon of English literary works, because of the high quality of many of these texts, and because of their significance in the development of English literature.
Author : M. Morpurgo
Publisher : Palazzo Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2018-07
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9781786750464
When a violent storm uproots an ancient oak tree, a young boy finds a mysterious object among its roots. He then sinks into a dream, or perhaps relives a memory, of a time filled with danger, excitement and adventure -- a time when the forest was ruled by outlaws led by the legendary Robin of Sherwood.
Author : Paul D. Storrie
Publisher : Graphic Universe
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0822565722
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Presented in comic book format.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 39,58 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Robin Hood (Legendary character)
ISBN :
Twelve selected adventures of Robin Hood and his outlaw band who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
Author : Stephen Knight
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 10,70 MB
Release : 2000-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1580444245
Although nearly everyone has heard the name of Robin Hood, few have actually read any medieval tales about the legendary outlaw. Stephen Knight and Thomas Ohlgren set out to correct this discrepancy in their comprehensive collection of all pre-seventeenth-century Robin Hood tales. The editors include such other "outlaw" figures as Hereward the Wake, Eustache the Monk, and Fouke le Fitz Waryn to further contextualize the tradition of English outlaw tales. In this text the figure of Robin Hood can be viewed in historical perspective, from the early accounts in the chronicles through the ballads, plays, and romances that grew around his fame and impressed him on our fictional and historical imaginations. This edition is particularly useful for classrooms, with its extensive introductions, notes, and glosses, enabling students of any level to approach the texts in their original Middle English.
Author : David Baldwin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781445602813
The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great historical mysteries of English history - until now. Everyone has heard of Robin Hood, the brilliant archer who 'robbed the rich to give to the poor' and who always triumphed over the forces of evil, but the man behind the legend is as mysterious as King Arthur. There were outlaws who lived in the royal forests preying on unwary travelers, and Robin Hoods whose names are recorded in historical documents: but no one has been able to prove that one of these real Robins was the individual whose exploits were commemorated in ballad and song. David Baldwin sets out to find the real Robin Hood, looking for clues in the earliest ballads and in official and legal documents of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His search takes him to the troubled reign of King Henry III, his conclusions turn history on its head and David Baldwin reveals the name of the man who inspired the tales of Robin Hood.
Author : Robin McKinley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1497673666
The Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown brings the Robin Hood legend to vivid life. Young Robin Longbow, subapprentice forester in the King’s Forest of Nottingham, must contend with the dislike of the Chief Forester, who bullies Robin in memory of his popular father. But Robin does not want to leave Nottingham or lose the title to his father’s small tenancy, because he is in love with a young lady named Marian—and keeps remembering that his mother too was gentry and married a common forester. Robin has been granted a rare holiday to go to the Nottingham Fair, where he will spend the day with his friends Much and Marian. But he is ambushed by a group of the Chief Forester’s cronies, who challenge him to an archery contest . . . and he accidentally kills one of them in self-defense. He knows his own life is forfeit. But Much and Marian convince him that perhaps his personal catastrophe is also an opportunity: an opportunity for a few stubborn Saxons to gather together in the secret heart of Sherwood Forest and strike back against the arrogance and injustice of the Norman overlords.
Author : Louis Rhead
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Heroes
ISBN :
A history of the famous outlaw, drawn by the author from traditional balads, which are the source of the material for 22 of the tales.
