Robin Hood's Death
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Ballad | |
|---|---|
| Child | 120 |
| Title | Robin Hood's Death |
| Versions | 2 |
| Variants | 3 |
| Stanzas | 27 |
| Date | c. 1650 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-08-10.
Editions
Scholarly and literary collections
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Golden Treasury Series) (London; New York, 1898), pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads (New York, 1886), pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Allingham, William, ed. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads (Golden Treasury Series) (London; New York, 1898), pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Armes, William Dallam, ed. Old English Ballads and Folk Songs (New York; London, 1904), pp. 103-105. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Armes, William Dallam, ed. Old English Ballads and Folk Songs (Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics) (New York; London, 1920), pp. 103-105. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Child, Francis James, ed.; [Kittredge, G. L.], ed.; [Ireland, Catharine Innes], bibl. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Boston and New York; Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, ©1882-98), vol. III, pp. 102-107. Additions and corrections: vol. V, p. 240; vol. V, p. 297
- Graves, Robert, ed. English & Scottish Ballads (London: Melbourne; Toronto, 1957), pp. 118-26; note p. 158. Title: The Death of Robin Hood. Version A, much altered by Graves
- Gummere, Francis Barton, ed. Old English Ballads (Boston; New York; Chicago; London, ©1894), pp. 90-93; notes, pp. 322-23. Version A
- Gummere, Francis Barton, ed. Old English Ballads (Boston; New York; Chicago; London, [1914]), pp. 90-93; notes, pp. 322-23. Version A
- Hodgart, Matthew, ed. The Faber Book of Ballads (London, © 1965), pp. 94-96, note p. 253.
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, ©1896), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, 1902), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, 1906), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, 1907), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, 1910), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- Mabie, Hamilton W., introd. A Book of Old English Ballads (New York, 1914), pp. 119-23. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial.
Translations
German
- Grün, Anastasius, transl. Robin Hood. Ein Balladenkranz nach Altenglischen Volksliedern (Stuttgart, 1864), pp. 200-203: "Robin Hoods Tod"; notes, pp. 222-24.
- Grün, Anastasius, transl.; Frankl, Ludwig August, ed. Anastasius Grüns Gesammelte Werke (Berlin, 1877), pp. 337-340: "Robin Hoods Tod".
Sources and analogues
Outlaw & Hermit
Editions
- Green, Richard Firth, ed. The Hermit and the Outlaw: An Edition, in: Green, Richard Firth, ed.; Mooney, Linne R., ed. Interstices: Studies in Middle English and Anglo-Latin Texts in Honour of A.G. Rigg (Toronto, 2004), pp. 137-66
Studies and criticism
- Green, Richard Firth. 'The hermit and the outlaw: new evidence for Robin Hood's death?', in: Phillips, Helen, ed. Robin Hood: Medieval and Post-Medieval (Dublin, 2005), pp. 51-59.
Studies and criticism
- Hepworth, David. 'A Grave Tale', in: Phillips, Helen, ed. Robin Hood: Medieval and Post-Medieval (Dublin, 2005), pp. 91-112
Brief mention
- Lawrence, William Witherle. Medieval Story and the Beginnings of the Social Ideals of English-Speaking People (New York, 1911), pp. 189-90.
- Stockton, Edwin L. 'Archery in the Ballads', Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, vol. 5 (1962), pp. 40-44, see p 42.
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