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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.

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The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has been put to use as a subject of ballads, nationalist rallying point, Disney cartoon fox, greenclad figure of farce, tabloid fodder, and template for petty criminals and progressive political candidates alike. In this engaging and deeply informed book Stephen Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. The best way to get at the essence of the Robin Hood myth, Knight believes, is in terms not of chronological and generic progression but of the purposes served by heroes. Each of the book's four central chapters identifies a particular model of the hero, mythic or biographic, which dominated in certain periods and in certain genres, and explores their interrelations, their implications, and their historical and sociopolitical contexts.

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Title Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Author Stephen Knight
Binding Hardback
Edition First Edition
Pages 272
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Publication date 2003-04-09
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780801438851 / 0801438853
Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.89 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.26 cm)
Age range 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
Library of Congress subjects Robin Hood (Legendary character), English literature - History and criticism
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002152751
Dewey Decimal Code 820.935

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Library Journal, 06/01/2003, Page 132

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Stephen Knight is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University. Arguably the world's foremost authority on Robin Hood, he is the author of Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw and many other books, including several on the outlaw tradition.

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Cornell University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover, illus.. 0801438853 . Book Near Fine, square, tight, clean. NO notes or ANY markings. DJwith hard wear at spine head else Fine, not clipped. Rear of DJ seems to be pasted to REAR board and can't be removed. Front of DJ and spine NOT glued. ; Excellent reading copy! ; 247 pages .