1st Edition

The Ecology of the English Outlaw in Medieval Literature From Fen to Greenwood

By Sarah Harlan-Haughey Copyright 2016
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

Arguing 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... Read more
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Biography

Sarah Harlan-Haughey is Assistant Professor of English and Honors at the University of Maine, USA.