This course examines the legend of Robin Hood as originally depicted in medieval folklore and ballads – and as transmitted and developed in scholarship, communal rituals, and various literary and artistic forms from the fifteenth century to the present day. Exploring works as diverse as dramas, historical novels, paintings, children’s storybooks, scholarly histories, television scripts written by blacklisted Communists, and contemporary reworkings, this course explores such themes as legend-making and definitions of subversion, rebellion, and communal identity across centuries, cultures, and art forms.