19th Century… The Politics of Victorian England’s “Vicious Republican”: G. W. M. Reynolds (1814–79) 13 Feb 2019 By Stephen Basdeo It’s quite possible that you’ve never heard of George William MacArthur Reynolds (1814–79). His prolific writing career has been overshadowed somewhat by his contemporaries such as Charles…
19th Century… Pernicious Trash? “The Prince of Archers, or, The Boyhood Days of Robin Hood”(1883) 16 Oct 2016 There is now before us such a veritable mountain of pernicious trash, mostly in paper covers, and “Price One Penny”; so-called novelettes, tales, stories of adventure, mystery and crime; pictures…
19th Century… G. W. M. Reynolds on Robin Hood 16 Aug 201616 Aug 2016 Modern period dramas on television often depict the Victorian era as a time when, although there were problems, people never criticised the monarchy or the established order. Yet nothing could…
19th Century… Judging Robin Hood: Negotiating Outlawry in Nineteenth-Century Texts 25 Jun 2016 Paper Read at Plymouth University Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference 23-24 June 2016. Abstract. Robin Hood needs no introduction. He is the noble outlaw who steals from the rich to give to…
17th century… John Dryden’s “A Ballad of Bold Robin Hood, Shewing his Birth, Breeding, and Valour” 20 Dec 2015 But see where artful Dryden next appears, Grown old in rhyme, but charming ev’n in years, Great Dryden next, whose tuneful muse affords The sweetest numbers, and the fittest words.…
19th Century… “The Railway Robin Hood” (1868) 8 Aug 20158 Aug 2015 ‘Rail fares a rip-off,’ thundered the Daily Mail in an article of December last year. [1] Indeed, there seems to be a constant debate in the United Kingdom these days…
