Reception History

Question 1

what is reception history?

Answer 1

the study of texts/history not through historical detail or intent of the author, but the way readers have responded or how they have reshaped retellings

Question 2

what does robin hood tell us through a reception lens?

Answer 2

we can reflect on the social changes on anglophone history, providing an outlet for social and political frustrations, whilst also complying to laws and social hierarchies

Question 3

important pirate book date author and title

Answer 3

Charles Johnson

1724

A General history of the robberies and murders of the Most notorious pirates

Question 4

what can we learn from a general history?

Answer 4

more than any other source forged the popular sterortpe of the peg-legged and eye-patch-wearing pirate that has been mined over the years by artists from Robert Louis Stevenson to Johnny Depp

Question 5

examples of recent outlaws

Answer 5

Somali Pirates
Bonnie and Clyde
Buffalo Bill
Reincarnations of Robin Hood