waltzmn: The most readable summary of scholarly information on Robin Hood known to me. It gives much of the scholarly background that did not fit in the Loomis House edition of the text.

waltzmn: This is probably the best source of Robin Hood texts now available. As reader and editor of the "Gest," I disagree with some of its conclusions, but I have referred to it frequently.

waltzmn: The classic work on ballads is also the classic edition of the folk poetry about Robin Hood; it contains edited versions of more than three dozen Robin Hood ballads and romances. Much work has been done in the more than a century since Child died, but it remains the most highly-respected reference on the ballads.… (més)

waltzmn: The classic work on ballads is also the classic edition of the folk poetry about Robin Hood; it contains edited versions of more than three dozen ballads and romances. Much work has been done in the more than a century since Child died, but it remains the most highly-respected reference on the ballads.… (més)