This is the first full-length study of Robin Hood Christmastime poems, novels, short stories, dramatic and musical performances, material culture, and media. Set in the cozy confines (and harsh climate) of the winter months, there exists a unique genre within the Robin Hood tradition, the winterwood, one that over the centuries has helped to secure the popularity of the outlaw and create and maintain memories of him for audiences of all ages. These winterwood stories unite the Robin Hood tradition with the Christmastime season, welcome performance and performativity, embrace and interrogate the commercial aspect of the season, and are created mostly for children and for families to experience together. As Christmas is a time for peace, mercy, and goodwill toward all, Robin Hood is both the good outlaw and also the trickster, for in these winterwood texts he becomes an exemplar of “proper” Christmastime moral thought and action.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-060-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-328-3
ePub ISBN
9781802703276
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Medieval Media and Culture
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
276
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 16
Chapter 1. The Early Authorities of the Winterwood Kein Zugriff Seiten 17 - 46
Chapter 2. Winterwood Theatre in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Kein Zugriff Seiten 47 - 106
Chapter 3. Mobile Winterwood Texts Kein Zugriff Seiten 107 - 154
Chapter 4. Winterwood Books That Delight and Instruct Kein Zugriff Seiten 155 - 200
Chapter 5. The Postmodern Winterwood Kein Zugriff Seiten 201 - 236
Postscript. Winterwood Ghosts of the Past, Present, and Future Kein Zugriff Seiten 237 - 242
