Robin Hood in Popular Culture Violence, Transgression, and Justice [Hardcover]

The Robin Hood tradition has had a continuing appeal from the middle ages to the present day, the hero himself holding a distinctive place within popular culture, his exploits, and those of his companions, being celebrated in multiple forms, from the earliest rituals, plays and ballads to musical theatre, lyric poetry, modern popular fiction, cinema and TV. The essays in this volume provide a rich and coherent perspective on this enigmatic figure and the legends which have grown up around him, offering a wide range of approaches. Topics include place-name study; examinations of surviving manuscripts and their cultural context; appraisals of the links between Robin Hood and medieval archery; other medieval outlaws; mythic figures such as the Green Man; patterns of masculine and feminine identity; and the popularity of Robin Hood on stage and screen, in comic books and videos, and in modern Japan. There are also extended overviews of the hero's origins and status; and the future of Robin Hood studies. Professor THOMAS HAHN teaches in the Department of English at the University of Rochester, New York. Contributors: THOMAS HAHN, FRANK ABBOTT, SARAH BEACH, LAURA BLUNK, KELLY DEVRIES, R.B. DOBSON, MICHAEL EATON, KEVIN J. HARTY, STUART KANE, STEPHEN KNIGHT, DAVID LAMPE, GARY YERSHONStudies of varied aspects of Robin Hood legends and associated topics: the greenwood, archery, outlawry, and 20c response to the legends.Theme Park Tales from Nottingham - Frank AbbottRobin Hood and Green Arrow: Outlaw Bowmen in the Modern Urban Landscape - Sarah BeachRed Robin: The Radical Politics of Richard Carpenter's Robin of Sherwood - Laura BlunkLongbow Archery and the Earliest Robin Hood Legends - Kelly DeVriesRobin Hood: The Genesis of a Popular Hero - R B DobsonA Voice from the Hood, Or Adventures in the Green Trade: A Convulsion in Seven Fits - Michael R EatonRobin Hood on Film: Moving Beyond a Swashbuckling Stereotype - Kevin J HartyHorseplay: Robin Hood, Guy of Gisborne, and the NeglC