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1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; ARTHUR UPFIELD; BONY AND THE COLOUR QUESTION; MURDER IN THE OUTBACK; BONY; UPFIELD; THE FRONTIER HEROISM OF ARTHUR W. UPFIELD; MYSTERY LITERATURE AND ETHNOGRAPHY; AUSTRALIAN TALES OF MYSTERY AND MISCEGENATION; WHODUNIT? AND WHERE? CRIME FICTION DOWN UNDER; HOME ON THE RANGE; FILLING "TERRA NULLIUS"; DETECTIVE AS OUTSIDER- OUTSIDER AS DETECTIVE; BONY AS GROTESQUE; PULP FICTION; THE FLEETING MOMENT AND THE AGELESS PAST; UPFIELD'S NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; UNCOVERING COLLECTIVE CRIMES; INSPECTING WOMEN; THE GENESIS OF BONY |
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IN THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS, CLASSICSRE-ASSESSING ARTHUR W. UPFIELD'S NAPOLEON BONAPARTE DETECTIVE FICTION; BONY AT HOME AND ABROAD; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS |
| Summary |
"Arthur Upfield created Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in twenty-nine novels written from the 1920s to the 1960s, mostly set in the Australian Outback. He was the first Australian professional writer of crime detection novels. Upfield arrived in Australia from England on 4 November 1911, and this collection of twenty-two critical essays by academics and scholars has been published to celebrate the centenary of his arrival. The essays were all written after Upfield's death in 1964 and provide a wide range of responses to his fiction. The contributors, from Australia, Europe and the United States, include journalist Pamela Ruskin who was Upfield's agent for fifteen years, anthropologists, literary scholars, pioneers in the academic study of popular culture such as John G. Cawelti and Ray B. Browne, and novelists Tony Hillerman and Mudrooroo whose own works have been inspired by Upfield's. The collection sheds light on the extent and nature of critical responses to Upfield over time, demonstrates the type of recognition he has received and highlights the way in which different preoccupations and critical trends have dealt with his work. The essays provide the basis for an assessment of Upfield's place not only in the international annals of crime fiction but also in the literary and cultural history of Australia."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-272) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Upfield, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1888-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Upfield, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1888-1964 |
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Detective and mystery stories, Australian -- History and criticism
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Crime in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Crime in literature
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Detective and mystery stories, Australian
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Literature
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Australia -- In literature
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
De Hoog, Kees
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Hetherington, Carol
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| ISBN |
9781443834957 |
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1443834955 |
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1283436450 |
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9781283436458 |
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