Playing Robin Hood

Description:

For over five hundred years, people have been assuming the roles of Robin Hood and his companions, both in the context of plays and games and in real life. The immense popularity of the legend has been attributed to popular and elite sources, to subversive and authoritarian impulses, to its reflection of historical conditions, and to its escape from them. Less interested in the causes than the effects of this popularity, the ten essays in this collection explore the ways in which "Robin Hood" has been performed over time and in several different cultures, some of which probably never heard his name.

subjects: English Folk drama,  Robin Hood (Legendary character) in literature,  English drama,  History and criticism,  Medievalism,  English and foreign,  Outlaws in literature,  Comparative Literature,  Foreign and English,  Middle Ages in literature,  History,  Tennyson, alfred tennyson, baron, 1809-1892,  Folk drama, history and criticism,  English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600,  English drama, history and criticism, restoration, 1660-1700,  Tennyson, alfred tennyson , 1809-1892,  Folk drama, english--history and criticism,  English drama--history and criticism,  English drama--early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600--history and criticism,  English drama--restoration, 1660-1700--history and criticism,  Comparative literature--english and foreign,  Comparative literature--foreign and english,  Medievalism--history,  Pr979 .p57 1998,  809/.93351,  In literature

People: Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892)

Times: Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600,  Restoration, 1660-1700