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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b12818525.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Chapter 1 Bold Robin Hood -- Chapter 2 Robert, Earl of Huntington -- Chapter 3 Robin Hood Esquire -- Chapter 4 Robin Hood of Hollywood.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 247 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801438853 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "820.9/35 21".
- catalog subject "English literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Outlaws England History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Outlaws in literature.".
- catalog subject "Outlaws in motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "PR2129 .K585 2003".
- catalog subject "Robin Hood (Legendary character)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 1 Bold Robin Hood -- Chapter 2 Robert, Earl of Huntington -- Chapter 3 Robin Hood Esquire -- Chapter 4 Robin Hood of Hollywood.".
- catalog title "Robin Hood : a mythic biography / Stephen Knight.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".