Books in the Outlaws in Literature, History, and Culture series

This book argues that literary works relating to Robin Hood and his fellow greenwood characters are neither "ephemeral" nor "low-quality" literature, but are frequently works of great quality which should be included in the canon of significant literary works in English.

Damian A. Carpenter traverses the unsettled American outlaw territory by examining outlaw myth, performance, and perception over time. Focusing on the works and guises of Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan, Carpenter goes beyond the outlaw figure's heroic associations and expands on its historical, folk, and social forms.

This book argues that food and feasting moments in modern outlaw tales illuminate that which bonds all humans, and it examines ways in which food and feasting are often used to note difference, create discord, and manipulate power dynamics.