Matter of the Greenwood Scholar
Stephen Knight
- Position
- The central modern authority: Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (1994), Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism (1999), editor of the Forresters Manuscript (1998), co-editor with Ohlgren of the TEAMS Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales (1997). His thesis is that Robin Hood is continuously reconstructed to fit each period's values. Also critical of Prince of Thieves for replacing social justice with family motivation.
- Field
- Medieval and popular literature
Worldviews
The Ballad Outlaw, Robin of the May Games, Robert, Earl of Huntington, Ritson's Radical, The Technicolor Robin, Prince of Thieves and the Heritage Hero
Provenance
- Source method
- Local PDF and EPUB holdings (Anthology; TEAMS volume) plus web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH