Robin Hood in Outlaw/ed Spaces

Name: Robin Hood in Outlaw/ed Spaces
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Robin Hood in Outlaw/ed SpacesMedia, Performance, and Other New Directions\nAuthor(s): Lesley Coote, Valerie Johnson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472479914, 978-1472479914\nSynopsis\nFollowing in the tradition of recent work by cultural geographers and historians of maps, this collection examines the apparently familiar figure of Robin Hood as he can be located within spaces that are geographical, cultural, and temporal. The volume is divided into two sections: the first features an interrogation of the literary and other textually transmitted spaces to uncover the critical grounds in which the Robin Hood legend has traditionally operated. The essays in Part Two take up issues related to performative and experiential space, demonstrating the reciprocal relationship between page, stage, and lived experience. Throughout the volume, the contributors contend with, among other things, modern theories of gender, li.