STORYWORLDS OF ROBIN HOOD

COOTE,LESLEY

ISBN 10: 1789142326 / ISBN 13: 9781789142327

Editore: Reaktion Books, 2020

Codice articolo NWUS9781789142327

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull'autore: Lesley Coote is a lecturer in medieval studies and medievalism at the University of Hull. She has published widely on the Middle Ages and is coeditor of Robin Hood in Outlawed Spaces and Robin Hood and the Outlawed Literary Canon.

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Titolo: STORYWORLDS OF ROBIN HOOD
Casa editrice: Reaktion Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: NEW