Honorary Research Professor, University of Melbourne
Stephen Knight, formerly teaching English at the universities of Sydney, Melbourne and Cardiff, is an honorary research professor at University of Melbourne. He has published widely on medieval and modern writers, with a special interest in non-canonical literature, as in his books on Robin Hood and crime fiction. Just published in America is Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History, and he is now working on a book of essays on contemporary Australian phenomena entitled The University is Closed for Open Day.
Friday essay: from convicts to contemporary convictions – 200 years of Australian crime fiction
Jul 14, 2018 11:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Most countries produce crime fiction, but the versions vary according to national self-concepts. America admires the assertive private eye, both Dashiell Hammetts late 1920s Sam Spade and the nearly as tough modern...
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