Hood, Robin
Robin Hood has played a dramatic role in Literature. Stories have been told; dramas have been put on; and movies have been made about this daring man and his band of merry outlaws.
Books About Robin Hood
Robin Hood is famous for his trickster-like antics: stealing from the rich to give to the poor, wearing disguises, challenging authority, etc. Robin Hood appears in tales and ballads with Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, Will Scarlet, and many more characters. Read more about the history of the Robin Hood legend.
Robin Hood is famous for his trickster-like antics: stealing from the rich to give to the poor, wearing disguises, challenging authority, etc. Robin Hood appears in tales and ballads with Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, Will Scarlet, and many more characters. Read more about the history of the Robin Hood legend.
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
In this mythic biography, Stephen Knight traces the origins of the legend, providing invaluable insights into why Robin Hood is still such an essential and evolving legend in our culture and literature. Here, Knight presents many of the truths and fallacies of Robin Hood, as he explores our conceptions and representations of the legend.
In this mythic biography, Stephen Knight traces the origins of the legend, providing invaluable insights into why Robin Hood is still such an essential and evolving legend in our culture and literature. Here, Knight presents many of the truths and fallacies of Robin Hood, as he explores our conceptions and representations of the legend.
Robin Hood - Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
Read "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood," by Howard Pyle.
Read "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood," by Howard Pyle.
Robin Hood - John Keats
Read "Robin Hood," a poem by John Keats: "No! those days are gone away..."
Read "Robin Hood," a poem by John Keats: "No! those days are gone away..."
Robin Hood and His Adventures - Thomas Bulfinch
Read about Robin Hood in "Bulfinch Mythology," by Thomas Bulfinch.
Read about Robin Hood in "Bulfinch Mythology," by Thomas Bulfinch.
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest - Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinch writes, "Robin Hood was born at Locksley, in the county of Nottingham, in the reign of King Henry II, and about the year of Christ 1160. His extraction was noble, and his true name Robert Fitzooth, which vulgar pronunciation easily corrupted into Robin Hood."
Thomas Bulfinch writes, "Robin Hood was born at Locksley, in the county of Nottingham, in the reign of King Henry II, and about the year of Christ 1160. His extraction was noble, and his true name Robert Fitzooth, which vulgar pronunciation easily corrupted into Robin Hood."