| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 153 pages) |
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Sydney studies in Australian literature |
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Sydney studies in Australian literature.
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| Contents |
1. The reign of the squatter -- 2. Bushrangers -- 3. Colonial Australian detectives -- 4. Bush types and metropolitan types -- 5. The Australian girl |
| Summary |
As this book shows, colonial Australian character types are fluid, contradictory and often unpredictable. When we look closely, they have the potential to challenge our assumptions about fiction, genre and national identity |
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Over the course of the 19th century a remarkable array of types appeared in Australian literature: the swagman, the larrikin, the colonial detective, the bushranger, the currency lass", the squatter, and more. Some had a powerful influence on the colonies' developing sense of identity; others were more ephemeral. But all had a role to play in shaping and reflecting the social and economic circumstances of life in the colonies. In Colonial Australian Fiction: Character Types, Social Formations and the Colonial Economy, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver explore the genres in which these characters flourished: the squatter novel, the bushranger adventure, colonial detective stories, the swagman's yarn, the Australian girl's romance. Authors as diverse as Catherine Helen Spence, Rosa Praed, Henry Kingsley, Anthony Trollope, Henry Lawson, Miles Franklin, Barbara Baynton, Rolf Boldrewood, Mary Fortune and Marcus Clarke were fascinated by colonial character types |
| Analysis |
Literature |
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Fiction Characters |
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Bushrangers |
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Colonial Detectives |
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Currency Lad |
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Currency Lass |
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Drover |
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Settlers |
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Squatters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Knowledge Unlatched 102571 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books |
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English |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Subject |
Literature and society -- Australia
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Australian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Australian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Authors, Australian -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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Australian fiction
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Australian literature
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Authors, Australian
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Literature and society
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weaver, Rachael, author
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| ISBN |
9781743324615 |
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1743324618 |
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1743324626 |
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9781743325209 |
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1743325207 |
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9781743324622 |
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