Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987)
Autor(a) de King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
About the Author
Roger Lancelyn Green was born in England in 1918, where his family has lived for more than 900 years. He was often sick as a child and spent long periods confined to his room devouring Greek myths, medieval romances, and fairy tales. Green began a lifelong fascination with Greece and Greek culture mostrar mais when he first visited that country in 1935. He went on to compile and retell many Greek stories, including "Old Greek Fairy Tales," and "Jason and the Golden Fleece." Green also wrote his own stories, but he is better known for his retellings of folk tales from around the world. Roger Lancelyn Green died in 1987 (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Roger Lancelyn Green
Mystery at Mycenae 6 exemplares
From the World's End 5 exemplares
The Wonderful Stranger 2 exemplares
The lost July, and other poems 1 exemplar
اساطیر یونان 1 exemplar
ROBIN HOOD Z ZIELONEGO LASU 1 exemplar
The Mystery of Andrew Lang 1 exemplar
The True Book about Ancient Greece 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Contribuidor — 298 exemplares
Aspects of Alice: Lewis Carroll's Dream Child as Seen Through the Critics' Looking-glasses, 1865-1971 (1971) — Contribuidor — 115 exemplares
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Green, Roger Lancelyn
- Nome legal
- Green, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn
- Outros nomes
- GREEN, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn
GREEN, Roger Lancelyn - Data de nascimento
- 1918-11-02
- Data de falecimento
- 1987-10-08
- Localização do túmulo
- Headington Quarry Churchyard, Oxford, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Poulton Hall, Wirral, Cheshire, England, UK
- Educação
- Merton College, Oxford University (B.Litt)
- Ocupações
- author
biographer
children's book author
librarian - Relações
- Lancelyn Green, Richard (son)
Lewis, C. S. (tutor) - Organizações
- Lewis Carroll Society
University of Liverpool
Inklings - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (1975)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 82
- Also by
- 21
- Membros
- 11,484
- Popularidade
- #2,043
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 93
- ISBN
- 226
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 7
- Pedras de toque
- 117
My experience with Robin Hood is almost entirely formed by Hollywood and Disney. Though there is no "canonical" text for the story, I walked away from Lancelyn Green's novel feeling as though I learned something new about the legend of Robin Hood. Is there any basis in truth for these tales? History.com writes "English legal records suggest that, as early as the 13th century, Robehod, Rabunhod and other variations had become common epithets for criminals. But what had inspired these nicknames: a fictional tale, an infamous bandit or an amalgam of both?"
We're unlikely to ever know, but this is part of the mystery that makes Robin Hood so enticing, and has allowed for so many interpretations (for good or for bad). Going back to something closer to the original tales, however, was a pleasant and enlightening escape.… (mais)