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Unknown - Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales - 9781580440677 - V9781580440677
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Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales

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Description for Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales Paperback. Editor(s): Knight, Stephen. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 738 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 258 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1304.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
738
Condition
New
Series
MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series
Number of Pages
742
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781580440677
SKU
V9781580440677
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-44

About Unknown
Stephen Thomas Knight was until September 2011 Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University in the School of English, Communications and Philosophy; and is currently a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Honorary Research. Thomas H. Ohlgren is Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he has taught since 1969 when ... Read more

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