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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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A True Tale of Robin Hood
Author: The life of Robin Hood. A chapbook
Author: Robin HoodRobin Hood
Author: Kevin CarpenterPublisher: Bis Publishers
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Ivanhoe
Author: Sir Walter ScottPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140436587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives!" Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the Lion Heart on a crusade in the Holy Land. On his return, his passionate desire is to be reunited with the beautiful but forbidden lady Rowena, but he soon finds himself playing a more dangerous game as he is drawn into a bitter power struggle between the noble King Richard and his evil and scheming brother John. The first of Scott's novels to address a purely English subject, Ivanhoe is set in a highly romanticized medieval world of tournaments and sieges, chivalry and adventure where dispossessed Saxons are pitted against their Norman overlords, and where the historical and fictional seamlessly merge. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Legend of Guy of Warwick
Author: Velma Bourgeois RichmondPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000525570
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
First published in 1996. This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the legend, but Guy's highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions, Guy's feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France. The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic, a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy's legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages, a new French prose romance, a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum, and late medieval versions in Celtic, German, and Catalan, as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children's story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant, an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions, mostly folkloric.
Catalogue of the Lauriston Castle Chapbooks
Author: National Library of Scotland. Lauriston Castle Chap-book CollectionPublisher: Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall
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Category : Chap-books Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Robin Hood
Author: E. Charles VivianPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811833998
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrations by Wyeth, Pyle, and others are compiled from other editions.
A Study of Fairy Tales
Author: Laura Fry KreadyPublisher:
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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