IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1119: Other Robin Hoods
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | International Association for Robin Hood Studies |
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Organiser: | Lesley Coote, Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
Moderator/Chair: | Lesley Coote, Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
Paper 1119-a | The Hermyte of Scherwod: Friar Tuck and King Edward and the Hermit (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
Paper 1119-b | Outlaws and Rogues: The 16th-Century Context of A Gest of Robyn Hode (Language: English) Index terms: Folk Studies, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Social History |
Paper 1119-c | Trubert and the Comic Context of Robin Hood (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
Abstract | Around the person of Robin Hood there is an aura of 'nefarious otherness', which confounds people's perceptions of what is and is not evil, criminal, and acceptable… It affects his companions and the writers who represent him in post-medieval periods. This sets up a 'game of otherness' which, to use Victor Turner's description of the game, produces 'unprecedented performances'. |