Bibliography

 

Bibliography of Books, Magazines and Articles on The Green Man or the Traditional Jack-in-the-Green.

 

I am always on the lookout for new books to add to this list or old books or articles that I may have missed. Please do contact me if you know of a book or an article that I may have missed.

 

Anderson, William – Green Man the archetype of our oneness with the earth* – 0 9517038 1 1

Basford, Kathleen – The Green Man* – 0 85991 497 6

Bird, Jerry – Landscape of Memory* 978 0 9552908 7 9

Blakeley, Rose – A Pathway Through The Seasons* – 978 0 9558858 0 8

Coulter, James – The Green Man Unmasked (A New Interpretation Of An Ancient Riddle) * – 1-4208-8286-4

Crofts, Sarah – Fowlers Troop and the Deptford Jack in the Green (booklet)* – 978 0 9558858 0 8

Doel, Fran & Geoff – The Green Man in Britain* – 0 7524 1916 1

Doel, Fran & Geoff and Deane, Tony – Spring & Summer Customs in Sussex, Kent & Surrey* – 0948193 832

Ellis, Ben – Green Man* – 978-1-61364-496-6

Emery, Gordon – Medieval Imagination in Chester Cathedrals* – 978-1-872265-78-0

Fitch, Eric L – In Search of Herne the Hunter* – 1-898307-18-0

Gardmam, Jane & Fedden, Mary – The Green Man* – 1-900624-21-4

Grominger, Petra – The Green Man in Mediaeval Swedish Sculpture and its English Parallels*

Grominger, Petra – Bladmannens Ansikten – The Green Man som konshistoriskt motiv och nutida fenomen*

Grundy, Thirlie – The Green Man of Carlisle Cathedral* – 1 898812 08 X

Grundy, Thirlie – Carlisle’s Cathedral Builders* – 978-1-898812-12-8

Grundy, Thirlie – Going in search of the Green Man in Cumbria* – 1 898812 10 1

Grundy, Thirlie – The Green Man in Northumberland and County Durham*

Grundy, Thirlie – The Oaken  Myths of post-conquest Britain*

Hannant, Sara – Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids* – 978-1-8589-4559-0

Harding, Mike – A Little Book of the Green Man* – 1 85410 563 9

Harte, Jeremy – The Green Man (the Pitkin Guide)* – 1-84165-045-5

Hayman, Richard – The Green Man* – 978-0-74780-784-1

Hegedus, Susan – The Hidden Green Man in Essex* – 9781906789602

Hicks, Clive – The Green Man (A Field Guide)* – 0 9517038 2 X

Hicks, David – Green Man Wallchart *

Hill, Peter – In search of the Green Man in Kettering Borough

Hill, Peter – In search of the Green Man* – 186163246-0

Hill, Peter – In search of the Green Man in Northamptonshire* – 09518 199 5X

Hobson, Jeremy – Curious Country Customs* – 10: 0-7153-2658-9

Johnson, Ronald – The Book of the Green Man – 978-1-910010-04-4

Judge, Roy – The Jack-in-the-Green* – 0 903515 20 2

Judge, Roy – May Day in England (An introductory Bibliography)  *

Judge, Roy – May Day and Merrie England (Folklore vol. 102:11, 1991 pages 131-148)*

Lawrence, David – The Mummers Play – A Midwinter Ritual * – 978-0-9556718-0-7

Leach, Joan – The History of Knutsford Royal May Day* – 0 903515 20 2

Leech, Keith – The Hastings Jack-in-the-Green*

Leech, Keith – The Jack-in-the-Green in Tasmania 1844-1873*

Lowis, Peter E. – The Greenman At Durham Cathedral*

MacDermott, Mercia – Explore Green Men* – 1 872883 66 4

Mathews, John & Worthington, Will – The Green Man Tree Oracle* – 1-85906-134-6

Mathews, John – The Quest for the Green Man – 1-84181111-4

Millar, Ronald – The Green Man Companion and Gazetteer* – 1 85770 131 3

Neasham, Mary – The Spirit of the Green Men*  – 0 9542 963 7 0

Palmer, Roy – Folklore of Gloucestershire* – 0-7524-2246-4

Pugin, Augustus Charles – Pugin’s Gothic Ornament* – 9 780486255002

Rawe, Donald R. – Padstow’s Obby Oss (And May Day Festivities)*

Roud, Steve – The English Year* – 978 0 141 02106 5

Roud, Steve – London Lore* – 9780099519867

Rowe, Doc – May Day – The Coming of Spring* – 1-85074-983-3

Sheridan and Ross – Grotesques and Gargoyles – 0 7153 6319 0

Tisdall M. W. – God’s Beasts 0-9532652-0-X

Transpontine, Neil – May Day in South London: a history* – 978 0 141 02106 5

Youmans, Marly – The Foliate Head* – 978 0 1848 634602

 

Fiction

Knight, Owen W – Another Life – 978-1916212626

 

Magazines

Tradition (Magazine) – No 1 May/June 1997 (Article on Rochester Jack-in-the-Green) * – 0963-0791

Stirrings (Magazine) – No 143 Jun-Aug 2010 (Article on The Green Man by Sean Breadin)*

Greenmantle (Magazine) – Samhain 2010 (Article on The Company of the Green Man by Chris Walton)*

Cumbria Magazine – Jan 2014 (The Enigma of the Green Man by Mark Hicken)*

The Cauldron – No 152 May 2014 (Article on the Jack-in-the-Green by Chris Walton)*

 

Articles

 

Basford, Kathleen, 1968 The Foliate Head. Folklore, v. 79 (1), pp.59-61. *

Basford, Kathleen, 1991. A new view of Green Man sculptures. Folklore, v.102 (2), pp.237-9. Review of Anderson, 1990. *

Carter, R.O.M., 1967. The Foliate Head in England, by R.O.M. and H.M. Carter. Folklore, v. 78 (4), pp.269-274. *

Carter, R.O.M., 1968. Correction: the Foliate Head in England, by R.O.M. and H.M. Carter. Folklore, v. 79 (1), p.47. *

Centerwall, Brandon S., 1997. The name of the Green Man. Folklore, v.108, pp.25-33. *

Ettlinger, Ellen E., 1979. Review [of ‘The Green Man’ by K. Basford]. Folklore, v. 90 (1), pp.108-9. *

Hayward, L.H., 1939. The ‘Green Man’ in church architecture. Folklore, v.50 (2), p.188. *

Negus, Tina, 2003. Medieval foliate heads: a photographic study of Green Men and Green Beasts in Britain. Folklore, v.114 (2), pp.247-70. *

Raglan, Lady, 1939. The ‘Green Man’ in church architecture. Folklore, v.50 (1), pp.45-57. *

Satchell, John, 1999. The Green Man in Cumbria. Folklore, v.110, pp.98-9.*

 

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