Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 47 (2017) Winner
Richard Firth Green
リチャード・ファース・グリーン
Richādo Fāsu Gurīn
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Canada → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Scholar of Middle English literature, Academy Professor of English (Emeritus)
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Ohio State University
- Influenced
- Derek Pearsall
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth & Fantasy Studies | Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church | — | Mythopoeic Society | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Hans Gründler Book Prize | Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church | — | Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Haskins Medal | Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church | — | Medieval Academy of America | 受賞 |
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth & Fantasy Studies
2017
Work:
Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church
Organization:
Mythopoeic Society
Result:
受賞
Hans Gründler Book Prize
2018
Work:
Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church
Organization:
Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
Result:
受賞
Haskins Medal
2020
Work:
Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church
Organization:
Medieval Academy of America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poets and Princepleasers: Literature and the English Court in the Late Middle Ages
1980 Literary HistoryStudies the business of reading and writing at the English court in the late Middle Ages as a social and literary history, arguing that court poets were civil servants first.
Court literatureMedieval societyRole of poets
A Crisis of Truth: Literature and Law in Ricardian England
1998 Literary CriticismAnalyzes the shift in the concept of 'truth' from an ethical, person-based understanding to a political, document-based one during Richard II's reign.
Concept of truthLiterature and lawRicardian England
Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church
2016 Cultural HistoryArgues for widespread fairy beliefs across medieval Europe shared by all classes, and the conflict with the Church that demonized them.
Fairy beliefsMedieval ChurchPopular beliefs
Bibliography
- Poets and Princepleasers: Literature and the English Court in the Late Middle Ages (1980)
- A Crisis of Truth: Literature and Law in Ricardian England (1998)
- Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- EncyclopedicDetailed analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Social contextIntersection of law and literature
Legacy
Renowned scholar of Middle English literature, particularly late medieval court literature, law and literature, and fairy beliefs, winner of multiple prestigious awards.