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Bezig met laden... The Gest of Robin Hood (1909)door William Hall Clawson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Of all the early traditional tales of Robin Hood, none is more important than the "Gest of Robyn Hode," a 450 stanza poem telling of Robin's rescue of an indebted knight, his conflict with the Sheriff of Nottingham, his encounter with the king, and his death. The "Gest" is the single most important source of the Robin Hood legend (many later tales are derived from it), and most Robin Hood scholarship derives from it. That which does not, frankly, isn't worth having. And yet, few books really try to examine the "Gest" in itself. They study Robin Hood, using the "Gest" as part of the study. The result is often to gloss over the peculiarities of this poem. Clawson is one of the major exceptions. This book is all about the "Gest." In particular, it is a study of the various components which were assembled to make up the "Gest." Sadly, it is an example of the "riotous criticism" which was all too common in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The "Gest" unquestionably combined several sources -- but Clawson thinks he has found dozens. He breaks it up into more pieces than a smashed piece of pottery. What that means is that this book is a source of suggestions -- but always of suggestions that need to be sifted. Are you a Robin Hood scholar? You need it. Are you someone who just wants to study the legends of Robin Hood? Spend your money on Dobson & Taylor's Rymes of Robyn Hood or Knight & Ohlgren's Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales instead. Official Disclaimer: The author (Robert B. Waltz) has himself published a book on the Gest of Robyn Hode. But it, too, is a specialist volume and does not affect the above recommendations. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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From the INTRODUCTORY. Among those Robin Hood ballads which are derived from genuine popular tradition, the Gest of Robin Hood undoubtedly holds first place in interest and importance. It not only gives the fullest and most comprehensive account of the habits and character of that famous outlaw, but also relates a greater number of his adventures than any other ballad. It is one of the best examples in medieval literature of skillfully arranged and effectively phrased narrative. Finally, it is the only example in English, and perhaps in European literature, of a poem which, while employing the material, the metre, and to some extent the style of the single ballad, shows in its length (456 ballad stanzas), in its combination of originally separate ballads of the hero, and in its obvious aim to give a complete picture of that hero's character and career, a decided approach to the method and style of the epic. The Gest of Robin Hood is, therefore, of great significance, not only as a masterly narrative of a popular mediaeval hero, but also as a contribution to the problem of epic origins and of the relations between ballad and epic.... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Can't remember much about it now, but seem to recall it was good but not great. ( )