Robin Hood : a collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw

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Robin Hood : a collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw

Joseph Ritson

Routledge/Thoemmes, 1997

  • : set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Reprint. Originally published: London : John C. Nimmo, 1887

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The popularity and appeal of the English legendary hero Robin Hood has never waned since Elizabethan times. Our knowledge of Robin Hood is largely anecdotal, handed down through poems, songs and ballads going back to at least the fourteenth century where he is mentioned in Piers the Plowman. Regardless of his real existence, a large literature has built up around the myth of Robin Hood. Joseph Ritson's greatest scholarship was on British ballads, and Robin Hood is perhaps his most exhaustive study. It includes works both minor and major and is beautifully illustrated by the celebrated wood engraver Thomas Bewick.

Table of Contents

The Life of Robin Hood Notes and Illustrations to the Life 219pp Joseph Ritson [1795] Twenty-Eight poems, songs and ballads of Robin Hood with notes Appendix Glossary 257pp

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Details

  • NCID
    BA30059731
  • ISBN
    • 0415153832
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    23 cm
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