Storyworlds of Robin Hood by Lesley Coote
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.
"Coote's scholarly study of the storyworlds of the early Robin Hood tradition broadens our understanding of the interconnectivity of medieval outlaw tales, romance, the fabliau tradition, miracle of the Virgin stories, trickster tales, and pastourelles"--Alexander L. Kaufman, Reed D. Voran Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Ball State University
Lesley Coote is Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Medievalism at the University of Hull. She has published widely on the Middle Ages and is co-editor of Robin Hood in Outlawed Spaces (2016) and Robin Hood and the Outlawed Literary Canon (2018).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789142327 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789142326 |
| Title | Storyworlds of Robin Hood |
| Author | Lesley Coote |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2020-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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