The Ecology of the English Outlaw in Medieval Literature - 9781472465504

Taylor & Francis

Analyzing outlaw literature as a form of nature writing, Harlan-Haughey suggests that it often reveals more about medieval anxieties respecting humanity's place in nature than it does about the political realities of the period. She argues that outlaw narratives such as the Anglo-Norman romance Fulk Fitz Waryn, the Robin Hood ballads, and the Tale of Gamelyn became particularly popular at moments of national ecological and political crisis. > \nArguing that outlaw narratives become particularly popular and poignant at moments of national ecological and political crisis, Sarah Harlan-Haughey examines the figure of the outlaw in Anglo-Saxon poetry and Old English exile lyrics such as Beowulf, works dealing with the life and actions of Hereward, the Anglo-Norman romance of Fulk Fitz Waryn, the Robin Hood ballads, and the Tale of Gamelyn. Although the outlaw's wilderness shelter changed dramatically from the menacing fens and forests of Anglo-Saxon England to the bright, known, and ma.