MS 9336
Papers of Stephen Knight (1940- )
Papers
1977-1991
70 cm (5 boxes)
Available for reference
These papers were purchased by the Library from Stephen Knight in 1992.
The collection comprises correspondence, articles, and typescript drafts
of stories, reviews, and other papers relating to Knights book The
selling of the Australian mind (1990) and his collections of
crime short stories, including Dead witness (1989), Crimes
for a summer Christmas (1990), A corpse at the opera house
(1992). There is also an unpublished manuscript entitled Radical
reader 2.
The correspondents include Michael Wilding, Raymond Southall, Peter
Corris, Steve Wright, Janette Turner Hospital, Martin Long, Robert Hood,
Mudrooroo, Caroline Lurie and Allen & Unwin.
Stephen Knight was born on 21 September 1940 an educated at Bournemouth
Grammar School and the University of Oxford. He was appointed Teaching
Fellow at the University of Sydney in 1963 and lecturer in English in
1964. In 1968-69 he was lecturer in English at the Australian National
University. He returned to the University of Sydney in 1970 where he was
successively Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor. In 1987 he was
appointed Robert Wallace Professor of English at the University of
Melbourne. In 1992 Knight returned to England to take up a chair at the De
Montfort University at Leicester.
Most of Stephen Knights scholarly writings have been in the area
of medieval English literature. They include The structure of Sir
Thomas Malorys Arthuriad (1970), Rymyng craftily; form
and meaning in Chaucers poetry (1973), The poetry of the
Canterbury Tales (1974), Arthurian literature and society
(1984) and Geoffrey Chaucer (1986).
Knight has also had a long interest in crime fiction. He was the author
of Form and ideology in crime fiction (1980) and Continent of
mystery; a thematic history of Australian crime fiction (1997).
Between 1989 and 1992 he edited four anthologies of Australian crime
stories.
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Radical reader 2 |
| 2. |
Dead witness |
| 3. |
The selling of the Australian mind |
| 4. |
Crimes for a summer Christmas |
| 5. |
More crime for a summer Christmas |
| 6. |
A corpse at the opera house |
| Series 1 |
Radical Reader 2 |
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Correspondence and other papers for Radical Reader 2, a
proposed sequel to The radical reader, edited by Stephen
Knight and Michael Wilding (Wild & Wooley, 1977).
The project was abandoned. |
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| 1. |
Correspondence 1977-78 of Michael Wilding and Stephen Knight with
Raymond Southall and others concerning Radical Reader 2,
1977-78. The file also contains drafts and other papers. |
| 2. |
Mock up TV scripts of articles for Radical Reader 2
(not published). |
| Series 2 |
Dead witness |
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Photocopies of corrected proofs of stories published in the
anthology Dead witness: best Australian mystery stories,
edited by Stephen Knight (Penguin books, 1989) |
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| 1. |
Dead witness by Mary Fortune written under her pseudonym
Waif Wander
The night fossickers of moonlight flat by James Skip
Borlase
The Gully of Bluemansdyke by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. |
The haunted station by Hume Nisbet
The secret of Emu Plain by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
My only murder by Ernest Favenc |
| 3. |
La premier pas by E.W. Hornung
The chosen vessel by Barbara Baynton
The mailmans yarn by Rolf Boldrewood |
| 4. |
The bardoc Finn by Randolph Bedford
The Strath Creek mystery by Alan Michaelis
The power of the leaf by A.E. Martin |
| 5. |
The jealousy of Stephen Snow by Murray Innes
Wisp of wool and disk of silver by Arthur W. Upfield |
| 6. |
Heroin Annie by Peter Corris
Death in Ruby by Jennifer Rowe |
| 7. |
Draft introduction and notes for Dead Witness. Photocopies
of seven stories written by Mary Fortune under her pseudonym Waif
Wander from the Australian Journal are also included.
Twenty six years ago
Fourteen days on the road
Looking for lodgings
How I spent Christmas
Down Bourke Street
Touzer & Co
The spider and the fly |
| Series 3 |
The selling of the Australian mind |
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The selling of the Australian mind was a volume of essays on
Australian society published by Heinemann in 1990. The series includes
galleys and corrected typescripts. |
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| 1. |
Galleys of The selling of the Australian mind |
| 2. |
Corrected typescripts of draft chapters for The selling of the
Australian mind. |
| Series 4 |
Crimes for a summer Christmas |
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Crimes for a summer Christmas, edited by Stephen Knight, was
published in 1990.
The series includes correspondence, reviews, clean and corrected
typescripts. Some of the typescripts were not used in the book. |
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| 1. |
Preface, title page and contents |
| 2. |
The night of the eclipse by Martin Long
Muggers game by Robert Hood |
| 3. |
Killing time by J.K. Sligo
Codys art by Gary Disher (version 2) |
| 4. |
The caretaker by Ian Moffitt
The manly shooting by Nigel Krauth |
| 5. |
Tanners end by Kate Stephens
Ladies day by Jennifer Rowe |
| 6. |
Songs of the sea by Archie Weller
Logans comet by Peter Corris |
| 7. |
Pioneers by Michael Wilding
Westralian lead by Mudrooroo Narogin |
| 8. |
Neighbourhood fortress by Marion Halligan
The stinging tree by Marele Day |
| 9. |
The widder tree shadder murder by Elizabeth Jolley
The perfect murder by Renate Yates |
| 10. |
Two or three things I knew about him by Marele Day (not
published)
Roses for Do-hoppy by Jennifer Rowe (not published)
Mea Culpa by Kate Stephens (not published)
A little night music by Janette Turner Hospital (not
published)
Excellent connections by Susan Geason (not published) |
| 11. |
Newspaper, magazine and journal reviews relating to Crimes for
summer Christmas |
| 12. |
Correspondence relating to Crimes for a summer Christmas
1989-Jan 1991 |
| Series 5 |
More crimes for a summer Christmas |
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Included in this series are typescripts, the draft introduction, a
review and correspondence for More crimes for a summer
Christmas, edited by Stephen Knight (Allen & Unwin, 1991).
The correspondents include Peter Corris, Caroline Lurie, Susan
Geason, Martin Long, Jessica Anderson, Mudrooroo and Rosemary
Creswell. |
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| 1. |
Introduction to More crimes for a summer Christmas.
Follow me by Marele Day
Hitmen on holidays by Robert Hood |
| 2. |
The big lie by Peter Corris
The merchant of Parramatta by Martin Long |
| 3. |
High rating death by Claire McNab
Waxworks by Kel Richards, published as The amateur
hangman |
| 4. |
Winston goes straight by Steve Wright
Old ground by Garry Disher |
| 5. |
The healer by Mudrooroo Nyoongah
The icecream bursts by Marion Halligan |
| 6. |
An old husbands tale by Susan Geason
The vanishing of Jock McHales hat by Kerry
Greenwood |
| 7. |
The long way home by Kate Stephens
For Mr Voss or occupant by Janette Turner Hospital |
| 8. |
Australian American collaboration in the fight against world
terrorism by Richard Hall. |
| 9. |
A review of More crimes for a summer Christmas. |
| 10. |
Correspondence with authors relating to Crimes and More
crimes, 1990-1991. |
| Series 6 |
A corpse at the Opera House |
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This series includes correspondence and typescripts relating to A
corpse at the Opera House: a crimes for a summer Christmas anthology,
edited by Stephen Knight (Allen & Unwin, 1992).
The correspondents include Robert Hood, Martin Long, Jon Cleary,
Janette Turner Hospital, Steve Wright, Claire McNab and Patrick
Gallagher of Allen and Unwin. |
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Correspondence relating to A corpse at the Opera House,
1991. |
| 2. |
Bee sting by Robin Wallace
The tarpeian way by Martin Long |
| 3. |
Cousin to death by Jean Bedford
A Corpse at the Opera House by Janette Turner Hospital |
| 4. |
Ghost writer by Peter Corris
The sugar crisis murder by Elizabeth Jolley (not
published) |
| 5. |
The three of spades by Steve Wright
First victim by Kate Stephens
Portfolio by Brian Castro |
| 6. |
Dead roses by Archie Weller
Unpleasantness at the big boys club by Marele Day |
| 7. |
Critical differences by Marion Halligan
Threshold by Garry Disher |
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1-6 |
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7 |
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1-2 |
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4-12 |
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1-10 |
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1-7 |
September 1999
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