From the time he was a very small boy,
Howard Pyle
(1853-1911) loved pictures, especially the pictures in storybooks. At the age of twenty-one, Pyle began to contribute illustrations and fables to
St. Nicholas
magazine and later went on to write and illustrate books for children. His first successful title was
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
(1883). Many more books followed, including
Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk, Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates,
and
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights.
He also taught illustration at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later set up his own art school in Wilmington, Delaware.
Stephen Knight
is Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University, Wales. Educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney, he has written widely on medieval and modern literature, especially on the tradition of Robin Hood. His most recent book is
Robin Hood: A Mythical Biography.
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