Stephen Basdeo
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Stephen Basdeo is a PhD student who began his project in October 2014 at Leeds Trinity University.
He considers himself primarily a historian of literature, interested in both "high" and "low"" forms of print culture including broadside ballads, periodicals, novels, and penny bloods. Of particular interest to him are 18th and 19th century ballad collections such as Thomas Percy's "Reliques", Joseph Ritson's "Robin Hood", and Robert Burns' "The Merry Muses", and F.J. Child's "Ballads".
His PhD will focus upon 19th-century representations of Robin Hood. This thesis will give him the opportunity to merge many of his existing research interests into a single project, for Robin Hood appeared in every genre of print culture.