Ned Kelly Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2001) Winner
Stephen Thomas Knight
すてぃーぶん・とーます・ないと
Sutībun Tōmasu Naito
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-09-21 （Bournemouth, England）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney, Australia → Canberra, Australia → Melbourne, Australia → Leicester, UK → Cardiff, Wales → Melbourne, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Professor of English literature, Researcher, Author
- Active Years
- 1963-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Cardiff University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA), Fellow of the English Association (FEA), Cyfaill y Celtiaid (Fellow of the Celts)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus College, Oxford | — | English | BA | 1959-1962 | United Kingdom |
Jesus College, Oxford
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1959-1962
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United Kingdom
Majored in English literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mythopoeic Award (Non-Fiction) | Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography | Non-Fiction | Mythopoeic Society | Winner |
| 1997 | Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award | Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction | — | Australian Crime Writers Association | Winner |
Mythopoeic Award (Non-Fiction)
2005
Work:
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
Mythopoeic Society
Result:
Winner
Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award
1997
Work:
Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction
Organization:
Australian Crime Writers Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2005) Winner
Works
Major Works
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
2003 Literary criticismTraces the origins of the Robin Hood myth, providing insights into why it remains essential in culture and literature.
Robin HoodMythHeroism
Merlin: Knowledge and Power Through the Ages
2009 Literary criticismTraces the Merlin myth from its Welsh roots through centuries of literature and art to modern media.
MerlinArthurian legend
The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century
2012 Literary historyExamines urban crime fiction responding to 19th-century city life, from Eugène Sue to global imitations.
Crime fictionUrbanization
The Politics of Myth
2015 Cultural criticismArgues that myths represent enduring social forces, reworked in new contexts from Arthur to Ned Kelly.
MythPolitics
Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History
2018 Literary historyComprehensive history of Australian crime fiction over 200 years.
Crime fictionAustralian literature
Bibliography
- Rymyng Craftily: Meaning in Chaucer’s Poetry
- The Poetry of the Canterbury Tales
- Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction
- Arthurian Literature and Society
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Selling of the Australian Mind
- Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw
- Freedom Was Compulsory
- Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction
- Robin Hood: The Forresters Manuscript
- British Industrial Fictions
- A Hundred Years of Fiction: Writing Wales in English
- Crime Fiction, 1800–2000: Detection, Death, Diversity
- Merlin: Knowledge and Power Through the Ages
- The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century
- Robin Hood in Greenwood Stood
- Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics
- Romantic Sublime to Detective Crime
- Reading Robin Hood
- The Politics of Myth
- Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World
- Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History
- G.W.M. Reynolds and His Fiction: The Man Who Outsold Dickens
- The University is Closed for Open Day
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Analytical criticismHistorical contextualizationCultural studies approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Mythic transformationCrime and societyMedieval literature
Legacy
Leading expert in medieval English literature, myths like Robin Hood and Merlin, crime fiction, and Australian culture. Authored over 30 books, won awards including Mythopoeic and Ned Kelly, active in media.
Academic Societies
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
In Popular Culture
- Appeared on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time discussing Robin Hood, Merlin, Fisher King; BBC TV World of Robin Hood.
Quotes
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To study Robin Hood is to study over five hundred years of the development of modern concepts of heroism, art, politics, and the self.
Source: Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography (2003)
Trivia
- In 1999, his comments on gender roles in Robin Hood legend led to media speculation that Robin Hood was gay.