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19th Century…

Pierce Egan’s “Robin Hood Ballads” (1840)

6 Jan 2018
This post is not one of my usual essay style posts, with an introduction and conclusion, etc., but more of a research note after having got hold of a first…
18th century…

The Critical Reception of Mrs. Brown of Falkland’s Robin Hood Ballads

16 Sep 201616 Sep 2016
Paper Presented to the Women's History Network Conference, Leeds Trinity University, 16-17 September 2016. Abstract: The earliest ballads of Robin Hood such as A Gest of Robyn Hode (c.1450) and…
19th Century…

William Jones’ ‘A “Lytell Geste” of Robin Hood’ (1870)

26 Jun 2016
This is the second post in a series in which I have been transcribing little-known nineteenth-century Robin Hood poems. The New Monthly Magazine was published between 1814 and 1884. It…
19th Century…

“Ballad of Robin Hood” (1846)

22 Jun 201622 Jun 2016
Research into the Robin Hood tradition has hitherto tended to focus upon canonical texts and poems, especially those from the fifteenth century. Obviously the Robin Hood tradition did not stop…
15th Century…

Maid Marian in Victorian Penny Dreadfuls: A Proto-Feminist?

20 May 201621 May 2016
A paper read at the Women in Print Conference, Chetham's Library, Manchester 20 May 2016 Header image scanned from my personal copy of J. H. Stocqueler's Maid Marian the Forest…
11th Century…

The Legend of Robin Hood

4 May 20164 May 2016
A Forthcoming Public Talk to be delivered at Pontefract Castle, Sunday 8 May 2016 Introduction The Renaissance poet Michael Drayton authored a monumental work entitled Poly-Olbion which was published in…

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