كتاب إلكتروني
Colonial Australian Fiction : Character Types, Social Formations and the Colonial Economy
العنوان: | Colonial Australian Fiction : Character Types, Social Formations and the Colonial Economy |
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الوصف: | 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. |
المؤلفون: | Gelder, Ken, Weaver, Dr Rachael |
نوع المادة: | eBook. |
الموضوعات: | Australian fiction--19th century--History and criticism, Literature and society--Australia, Australian literature--19th century--History and criticism, Authors, Australian--19th century--History and criticism |
تصنيفات: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Australian & Oceanian, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
قاعدة البيانات: | eBook Index |
ردمك: | 9781743324615 9781743324622 9781743324639 9781743325209 |
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