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                              ROBIN HOOD BOOKLIST

   This is a reading list involving the Robin Hood legend.

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   My criterion for these books is that it be concerned with the Robin
   Hood legend in some way. I have three basic categories: fiction,
   poetry, and non-fiction. There are a good number of research and
   old-manuscript references listed here that are probably unavailable
   except through a University-level library. I have split the books up
   into the following categories:


     * Medieval Fiction: often published at any point in time, but
       discussing texts from this period. I've arbitrarily put everything
       pre 1600 in this section, although I realize this isn't the
       "medieval" period.

     * Early Fiction (1600-1899): involves any fiction published during
       this time. If I have an 18th century commentary on a 15th century
       work, that goes here. (If it's a 18th century republication of
       something from prior to 1600, let me know and I will move it to
       the above category.)

     * Modern Fiction (1900-present): includes all fictionalized accounts
       published in this century.

     * Poetry: includes all poetic versions of the Robin Hood legend,
       regardless of when (first) published or written.

     * Non-Fiction and Research: includes analyses of the Robin Hood
       legend: how it started, what purpose it filled, etc. Some of the
       texts that republish old work but include an analysis may have
       been mistakenly filed in one of the fiction categories above; let
       me know if this is the case.

   I encourage you to send in any comments you have on a particular book
   for inclusion. I'd like to be able to give a sense of what the book
   offers. In addition, if you have references to books on Robin Hood
   that are *not* listed here, please send them to me for inclusion.

   Disclaimer: I have not vouched for the accuracy of each and every
   entry in this list. I would like also to indicate which books are no
   longer in print. If you find mistakes or have additional information
   on a reference, by all means, let me know. It might take me a while,
   but it will get put in ;-).

   Thanks to: Ann Carlson, Dean Clamons, Matthew Clark, Aaron C. Clarke,
   George T. Crafts, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, Roger Gardiner, George M.
   Jacobs, Michael Kelly, Larry Hammer, Tovah Hollander, Jane Lean,
   Duncan MacGregor, John G. Norman, Robert Oliver, Emma Pease, Tirza van
   Rijn, John C. Sluder, David Salley, Eric John Thiesen, and Elaine
   Thompson for their contributions.

   Copyright 1994 by Cindy Tittle Moore. All rights reserved.

Medieval Fiction

   Pre 1600

   The gallant achievements of Robin Hood : The famous history of Fryer
   Bacon: the romance of Robert the Devil. Edinburgh : O. Schulze,
   [1904?]. Early English prose romances.

   Childe, Francis. Ballads of England and Scotland. Childe collected a
   number of pre 1600 ballads, including ones about Robin Hood, into this
   volume in the mid 1800's. He used earlier collections for his sources.


   Clawson, William Hall, The gest of Robin Hood. University of Toronto
   library, 1909.

   Gutch, John Mathew, ed., A Lytell geste of Robyn Hode and his meiny.
   Reprinted from the edition edited by John Mathew Gutch, following the
   Wynken de Worde and William Copland texts, by Edwin and Robert
   Grabhorn for the Westgate Press ;... San Francisco, [1932], 1847.

Early Fiction

   (1600-1899)

   The Adventures of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, commonly called Robin
   Hood, the famous English archer : being a complete history of all the
   merry adventures and valiant battles. Baltimore [Md.] : Printed and
   sold by William Warner, 1812.

   The History of Robin Hood. A new and correct edition. London : Printed
   for the Booksellers, 1816. Juvenile.

   Dumas, Alexandre. Robin des bois. Paris, Editions Baudelaire [1966].
   Translations available. Is this Dumas pere or fils?

   Egan, Pierce (the Younger). Robin Hood and Little John : or, The merry
   men of Sherwood forest London: Foster and Hextall, 1840.

   Marsh, John B. The life and adventures of Robin Hood. London, New
   York, G. Routledge and sons [1865?].

   Mills, Alfred, Sherwood Forest, or, Robin Hood and Little John (London

   : Published by E. Wallis ..., [ca. 1825]).

   M. P. (Martin Parker), A true tale of Robin Hood, or, A brief touch of
   the life and death of that renowned outlaw, Robert, Earl of
   Huntington, vulgarly called Robin Hood : who lived and dyed in A.D.
   1198, being the 9th year of the reign... ([London] : Printed for J.
   Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, 1686).

   Muddock, J.E. Maid Marian and Robin Hood: A Romance of Old Sherwood
   Forest With 12 illustrations by Stanley L. Wood Philadelphia:
   J.B.Lippincott Company 1894.

   Pyle, Howard, The merry adventures of Robin Hood : of great renown in
   Nottinghamshire (New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884, many
   reprints). This is a classic rendition, most often recommended to
   readers. A little "old fashioned" in its phrasing, it has a style and
   flair all its own.

   Southey, Robert and Caroline Southey, Robin Hood : a fragment London :
   Edinburgh : William Blackwood, 1847).

   Peacock, Thomas Love, Maid Marian (London : T. Hookham, 1822,
   reprinted).

   Scott, Sir Walter, Ivanhoe. Robin Hood appears as a minor character in
   this work.

   Seawell, Molly Elliot, Maid Marian and other stories. New York :
   Appleton, 1891.

   Waldron, F. G. (Francis Godolphin), ed., The sad shepherd, or, A tale
   of Robin Hood : a fragment London : Printed for J. Nichols ... and
   sold by C. Dilly, 1783. With a continuation, notes, and an appendix.

Modern Fiction

   (1900-present)

   Bowman, Anne, The boy foresters : a tale of the days of Robin Hood
   (London ; New York : G. Routledge, [1905]). Juvenile fiction.

   Brown, Alice, Robin Hood's barn. (New York, Macmillan, 1913).

   Bulfinch, Thomas, The age of chivalry ; or, Legends of King Arthur
   (many editions).

   Carpenter, Richard, Robin of Sherwood, (Puffin Books. 1984. ISBN
   0-14-031690-6); Carpenter, Richard and Robin May, Robin of Sherwood
   and the Hounds of Lucifer, (Puffin Books. 1985. ISBN 0-14-031869-0);
   Carpenter, Richard and Anthony Horowitz, Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded
   Man, (Puffin Books. 1986. ISBN 0-14-032058-X); Carpenter, Richard,
   Robin of Sherwood: The Time of the Wolf, (Puffin Books. 1988. ISBN
   0-14-032660-X). These four books are also collected in one volume, the
   omnibus: Carpenter, Richard, with Robin May and Anthony Horowitz, The
   Complete Adventures of Robin of Sherwood, (Puffin Books. 1990. ISBN
   0-14-034450-0). The books to the marvellous Robin of Sherwood TV
   series. 'A magical retelling of the legend of Robin Hood'. Well
   written, great characters, gives a good impression of what it must
   have been like in mediaeval times, the mysticism and sorcery fits in,
   great sense of humour.

   Chase, Nicholas. Locksley. St. Martins/Marek, New York. 1983. ISBN
   0-312-49428-9. A highly improbable and highly entertaining retelling
   of the legend as it "might have actually happened." Good reading.

   Creswick, Paul. N.C. Wyeth, illustrator. Robin Hood. Charles
   Scribner's Sons, New York. Reprint. Original copyright 1917, Wyeth,
   1957. 1984. ISBN 0-684-18162-2. The illustrations alone make this book
   worth getting. A nicely told version of the Robin Hood legend.

   Doherty, P. C. The Assassin in the Greenwood (1993?), is a telling of
   the death of Robin Hood, and how an "under-sheriff" of Nottingham
   masqueraded as Robin to discredit him. The book is interesting in that
   it has a brief afterword by the author. In it, he claims that Robin
   was not a contemporary of Richard I (and John), but of Edward I. He
   suggests that Robin was a supporter of Simon de Montfort's revolt
   against the king in the mid-13th century and fled to Sherwood forest
   after the revolt failed. The plot is not that great, but the setting
   is well-rendered (including the tendency to violence that was said to
   be common in those days).

   Emery, Clayton, Tales of Robin Hood (New York : Baen Pub Enterprises;
   distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1988).

   Finnemore, John, The story of Robin Hood and his merry men (London, A.
   and C. Black, 1917).

   Fraser, Antonia, Robin Hood (Illustrated by Rebecca Fraser. [1st
   American ed.]. New York, Knopf [c1971]).

   Goldberg, Moses, The outlaw Robin Hood (New Orleans : Anchorage Press,
   c1980).

   Goldman, James, Robin and Marian (New York, Bantam Books, 1976). The
   major portion of this book is Goldman's original screenplay for the
   movie , which starred Audrey Hepburn (Maid Marian), Sean Connery
   (Robin Hood), Robert Shaw (Sheriff of Nottingham), Nicol Williamson
   (Little John), and Richard Harris (King Richard). Also included in the
   volume are 3 short essays. 'Where Have All the Heroes Gone?' laments
   the lack of heroes with High Principles and Noble Dreams, muses on
   heroes grown old--Ulysses, Ben Hogan, Fritz Kreisler--and sets up his
   premises/questions: What happened to Robin and Marian after they had
   grown old? (not doddering, but fifty-something), and Why do some of
   the versions of the myth have Marian killing Robin?. 'What All the
   Singing Was About' gives some historical background on the Robin Hood
   myth and why it has survived some 700 years and still has the power to
   move us. 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Screenplays and
   Were Afraid to Ask" is his insider's view of writing the screenplay,
   selling it, and making the movie.

   Godwin, Parke. Sherwood. Avon Books, New York. 1992. ISBN
   0-380-70995-3. Robin and the King, 1993. Excellent, well thought out
   story. Placed during the Norman invasion of 1066. Unusual depth of
   characterization, you get a real feel for what the clash between the
   Saxons and Normans must have been like. Second book is set in France,
   where Robin has been exiled but still serves the King.

   Green, Roger Lancelyn, Robin Hood, (Penguin Books. 1982). A kind of
   compilation of various other Robin Hood books (quotations preceed
   every chapter).

   Green, Simon, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, (Fantail books. 1991.
   ISBN 0-14-090340-2). The novelization of the Kevin Costner Robin Hood
   movie.

   Greenberg, Martin H., ed., The fantastic adventures of Robin Hood (New
   York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin, 1991).

   Harvey, George Cockburn, ed. and Edwin John Prittie, illus. Robin
   Hood. (Chicago: John C. Winston Co., 1923.) Black and White
   illustrations, with several color ones. All done by Prittie. Large
   print edition, so I assume for children. Some unfamiliar words are
   noted with asterisk and defined at bottom of page. Example:
   hinds=laborers. Book includes an Appendix with info about the real
   Robin Hood. This info is in the form of a "quotation from the
   abridgment of Ritson's Life of Robin Hoo, as given by Gutch" (345).
   Also in the Appendix is the ballad "Robin Hood and Allin'A' Dale."

   Hayes, Sarah, Robin Hood (Illustrated by Patrick Benson, 1st American
   ed. New York : Henry Holt, 1989).

   Herbertson, Agnes Grozier, Heroic legends : the stories of St. George
   and the dragon, Robin Hood, Richard and Blondel, and other legends
   (Illustrated by Helen Stratton, London: Blackie and Son, 1908).

   Holt, James Clarke, Robin Hood (London : Thames and Hudson, c1982,
   rev. 1989).

   Kluger, Richard, The Sherrif of Nottingham (N.Y.: Viking, 1992, ISBN
   0-670-84022-X). A new fictional work which sets the story at the time
   of King John, but focuses on the much maligned sheriff of Nottingham.
   Kluger has historical notes identifying a historical sheriff of the
   period, Philip Mark, and recreates him as a rather sympathetic, if
   plodding, character.

   Lang, Andrew, ed., The story of Robin Hood, and other tales of
   adventure and battle (Illustrated by H. J. Ford, New York : Schocken
   Books, 1968).

   McKinley, Robin, The Outlaws of Sherwood (1st ed. New York :
   Greenwillow Books, c1988). A very nice retelling of the legend. Strong
   female characters.

   McSpadden, J. Walker, The Adventures of Robin Hood & His Merry Outlaws
   (Greenwich House, Crown Publishers, New York. 1984 reprint). ISBN
   0-517-43602-7.

   Newboldt, Sir Henry John, ed., The Greenwood : a Collection of
   Literary Readings Related to Robin Hood London, Edinburg, T. Nelson,
   1926).

   Pease, Howard, The Gypsy Caravan (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran
   & Company, inc., 1930). Being the merry tale of the travels of Betty
   and Joe with the gypsies. Robin Hood is a peripheral character.

   Rhead, L. J. (Louis J.), Bold Robin Hood and his outlaw band (New
   York, London, Harper & Brothers, 1912).

   Roberson, Jennifer, Lady of the Forest (1992). The lady is Marian, the
   forest is Sherwood, and Robin is Robert, the son and heir of the Earl
   of Huntingdon. Roberson wrote the book using all the characters for
   viewpoint (Sheriff, Earl, Robert, Will Scarlet, Marian, etc.) which
   while slowing it down in some ways, provided all sorts of different
   perspectives on the action, since *everyone's* version is present.
   This is set in the times of the Crusades and historical details are
   handled pretty well.

   Skinner, Eleanor Louise, Tales and plays of Robin Hood (New York,
   Cincinnati [etc.] American book company [ s1915]).

   Speak, Harold, Robin Hood of Wakefield ([Ossett, H. Speak & J.
   Forrester, 1970]).

   Stocqueler, J. H. (Joachim Hayward), The forest queen, Maid Marian. A
   story of Robin Hood, and his merry men, in Sherwood Forest (London,
   Lea [n.d.]).

   Sutcliff, Rosemary, The Chronicles of Robin Hood. (Oxford University
   Press. 1953). Goes as a children's book, but worthwhile reading for an
   adult too. A very nice retelling of the Robin Hood legend.

   Singer, Marilyn, Lizzie Silver of Sherwood Forest (Illustrated by
   Miriam Nerlove, 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1986). Juvenile.

   Stone, Eugenia, Robin Hood's arrow (Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni,
   Chicago : Follett Publishing Co., c1948).

   Storer, Ronald D. K. Robin Hood (Mumbai : Oxford University Press,
   1986).

   Trease, Geoffrey. Bows against the Barons, (Leicester: Brockhampton
   1966 (c1934)). Because he was close to university and had very
   left-wing leanings (as so many English university types had at that
   time) this is a very "socialist" Robin Hood tale.

   Vance, Eleanor Graham, Adventures of Robin Hood (Illustrated by Jay
   Hyde Barnum, prepared under the supervision of Josette Frank, New
   York, Random House, c1953).

   Vansittart, Peter, The death of Robin Hood : a novel (London : Owen,
   c1981).

   Whitby, Sharon, The Last of the Greenwood. (New York, Pyramid
   Publications, HBJ. 1975). Romance/Adventure retelling of the Robin
   Hood legend, concentrating on Robin's relationships with Marion.
   Enjoyable story.

   White, T.H., The Once and Future King. Includes a longish diversion in
   which Wart and Kay meet one "Robin 'ood," though it's explained that
   "'ood" is not short for "Hood," but "yer know, 'ood -- like this 'ood
   we're standin' in."

   Williams, Jay, The good yeomen (New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts
   [1948]).

Poetry

   Dietrick, Laurabelle and Joseph Franz-Walsh, The merry ballads of
   Robin Hood (Illustrated by Edna Reindel, New York, The Macmillan
   Company, 1931). The whole story of that Robin Hood, known as Earl of
   Huntington, and Locksley.

   Dobson, R.B. and J. Taylor, eds., Rymes of Robyn Hood : an
   introduction to the English outlaw (Pittsburgh : University of
   Pittsburgh Press, 1976).

   Dobson, R. B. and John Taylor. Rymes of Robyn Hood : an introduction
   to the English outlaw. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,
   1976. Considered one of the best editions of poems and ballads devoted
   to Robin Hood. Criticial commentary accompanies each poem.

   Hunt, Leigh, Ballads of Robin Hood (Cedar Rapids, Ia., Priv. print.
   [The Torch Press] 1922). With some manuscript reproductions.

   Jonson, Ben [1573?-1637], Ben Jonson's Sad shepherd, with Waldron's
   continuation (Ed. by W. W. Greg. Louvain, A. Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.]
   1905).

   Jonson, Ben, The sad shepherd: or, A tale of Robin Hood, a fragment
   (many editions).

   Lees, Jim, ed., The ballads of Robin Hood (Illustrated by David
   Gentleman, Cambridge : University Press, 1977).

   Munday, Anthony, The death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon. (Oxford,
   Printed for the Malone Society by V. Ridler at the University Press,
   [1967] 1601).

   Munday, Anthony, The downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon
   ([Prepared by John C. Meagher]. Oxford, Printed for the Malone Society
   by V. Ridler at the University Press, [1965] 1601).

   Ritson, Joseph, ed., Robin Hood, a collection of poems, songs, and
   ballads, relative to that celebrated English outlaw (London,
   Routledge, 1884).

   Ritson, Joseph, ed., Robin Hood : a collection of all the ancient
   poems, songs, and ballads (London : Printed for Longman, etc., 1820).


   Sidgwick, Frank, ed., Popular ballads of the olden time (London,
   Sidgwick & Jackson, ltd., 1912). Ballads of Robin Hood and other
   outlaws.

   Tennyson, Baron Alfred, The foresters, Robin Hood and Maid Marian (New
   York, Macmillan, 1892).

Non-fiction and research

   Bellamy, John G., Robin Hood : an historical enquiry (Beckenham, Kent

   : Croom Helm, [1985]).

   Campbell, William W., An historical sketch of Robin Hood and Captain
   Kidd (New York, C. Scribner, 1853).

   Corcoran, Kelvin, Robin Hood in the dark ages (preface by Tom Raworth,
   London ; New York : Permanent Press, 1985).

   Fithian, Edward William, The life of Robin Hood, the celebrated
   outlaw; comprising an historical account of his birth, famous
   exploits, merry speeches, ballads, and gallant behaviour (London,
   Nicholson [1900?]).

   Gable, J. Harris, Bibliography of Robin Hood (Lincoln, Neb., 1939).

   Hargrove, Ely, Anecdotes of archery; from the earliest ages to the
   year 1791 (York, Hargrove, 1792). Including an account of the most
   famous archers of ancient and modern times; with some curious
   particulars in the life of Robert Fitz-Ooth Earl.

   Harris, Percy Valentine, The truth about Robin Hood ([6th ed.]. London
   [1957]). Evidence of the hero's actual existence.

   Hilton, R.H., ed., Peasants, Knights, and Heretics: Studies in
   medieval social history, (Cambridge & N.Y.: Cambridge U.P., 1976).
   Series: Past and Present Publications.

   Holt, J. C. Robin Hood. London : Thames and Hudson, 1982. A very
   useful survey of the origins and development of the Robin Hood
   stories, with good illustrations and maps.

   Keen, Maurice Hugh, The outlaws of medieval legend (Toronto,
   University of Toronto Press, 1961, reprinted in 1977).

   Knight, S., Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw.
   Oxford, Blackwell, 1994. 256pp, 24 b+w illustrations, 1 map.

   Miles, Bernard, Robin Hood, his life and legend (Illustrated by Victor
   G. Ambrus, Chicago : Rand McNally, 1979). Victor G. Ambrus is an
   excellent illustrator. His arms and armour are not always absolutely
   right, but are usually pretty good; his heraldry is not always clearly
   understood, but then heraldry for the Robin Hood stories is even more
   hypothetical than that of the Arthurian tales. His horses are
   wonderful. The book is worth having just for the pictures, quite apart
   from Lord Myles' rather thoughtful commentary.

   Nelson, Malcolm A. (Malcolm Antony), The Robin Hood tradition in the
   English renaissance (Salzburg, Inst. f. Engl. Sprache u. Literatur,
   Univ. Salzburg, 1973).

   Pringle, Patrick, Stand and Deliver: Highwaymen from Robin Hood to
   Dick Turpin Copyright 1991 Dorset Press. ISBN 0-88029-698-4. This is
   a very interesting book, but RH is discussed only on pp 13-15.

   Stallybrass, Peter. "`Drunk with the Cup of Liberty': Robin Hood, the
   Carnivalesque, and the Rhetoric of Violence in Early Modern England."
   Semiotica 54, no. 1/2 (1985): 113-145. Reprinted in The Violence of
   Rhetoric, edited by Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse. New
   York: Routledge, 1990. Here's an interesting account of the politics
   of Robin Hood in the sixteenth century.

   Walker, John William, The true history of Robin Hood (With illus. by
   Ethel W. Walker, [Wakefield] West Yorkshire Print. Co., 1952,
   reprinted).
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