Colonial Australian Fiction: Character Types, Social Formations and the Colonial Economy (Sydney Studies in Australian Literature) - Softcover

Gelder, Ken; Weaver, Rachael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1743324618 ISBN 13: 9781743324615

Verlag: Sydney University Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Over the course of the 19th century a remarkable array of character types appeared - and disappeared - 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, and brought them vibrantly to life. 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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Ken Gelder is Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. He has been a visiting fellow at University College, London, and the University of Edinburgh. Ken currently teaches courses in modern and contemporary literature, popular/genre fiction, Australian literature and subcultural studies. His research interests include Australian and Indigenous literatures and cultures, colonial and post-colonial issues, cultural politics, genre fiction, history and analysis of popular culture, lifestyle, postcolonialism and globalisation in literature and culture, and subcultures.

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• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1743324618
• ISBN 13: 9781743324615
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 162
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland