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Excavating the Borders of Literary Anglo-Saxonism in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Australia
2013
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criticism
— Appears in: Representations , Winter vol. 121 no. 1 2013; (p. 85-106)'Comparing nineteenth-century British and Australian Anglo-Saxonist literature enables a “decentered” exploration of Anglo-Saxonism’s intersections with national, imperial, and colonial discourses, challenging assumptions that this discourse was an uncritical vehicle of English nationalism and British manifest destiny. Far from reflecting a stable imperial center, evocations of “ancient Englishness” in British literature were polyvalent and self-contesting, while in Australian literature they offered a response to colonization and emerging knowledge about the vast age of Indigenous Australian cultures.' (Authors abstract)
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From a Mining Warden's Verandah : Thomas Browne as 'Nation' Watcher - Ethnographer
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft 2002; (p. 44-58) Australian Folklore , November no. 23 2008; (p. 94-108) The aims of this essay are "to give some idea of Boldrewood's deeply perceptive insights into the evolving social history associated with Australian gold mining and into the contribution of the international contingents amongs miners to nineteenth century Australian development, recording his views in novels which had a very wide readership in the English-speaking world" and to explore "various related aspects of the evolving Australian character and stock, particularly on the goldfields of the nation". Argues that Browne/Boldrewood was right "to regard gold mining and miners as very substantial building materials for the new and even then multicultural nation" (57). -
Whiteness Under Arms: Rolf Boldrewood and Rosa Praed's Outlaw Narratives
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 44 no. 3 1999; (p. 76-88) -
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Writing the Colonial Adventure : Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875-1914
Oakleigh
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Cambridge University Press
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1995
Z480378
1995
single work
criticism
'This book is an exploration of popular late nineteenth-century texts that show Australia - along with Africa, India and the Pacific Islands - to be a preferred site of imperial adventure. Focusing on the period from the advent of the new imperialism in the 1870s to the outbreak of World War I, Robert Dixon looks at a selection of British and Australian writers. Their books, he argues, offer insights into the construction of empire, masculinity, race, and Australian nationhood and identity. Writing the Colonial Adventure shows that the genre of adventure/romance was highly popular throughout this period. The book examines the variety of themes within their narrative form that captured many aspects of imperial ideology. In considering the broader ramifications of these works, Professor Dixon develops an original approach to popular fiction, both for its own sake and as a mode of cultural history.' (Introduction)
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Recollections Through English Spectacles
1979
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 9 no. 2 1979; (p. 236-242)
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What Others Think
1891
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review
— Appears in: The Australasian Critic , 1 March vol. 1 no. 6 1891; (p. 133)
— Review of The Miner's Right : A Tale of the Australian Goldfields 1880 single work novel ; The Squatter's Dream : A Story of Australian Life 1875 single work novel A compilation of reviews of Australian literature previously published in English and American journals and newspapers including the Saturday Review, the Athenaeum and the Critic. -
Untitled
1974
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review
— Appears in: Aumla , November no. 42 1974; (p. 233-234)
— Review of Hal Porter 1974 single work criticism ; Patrick White 1974 single work bibliography ; Criticism 1974 single work criticism ; The Hillyars and the Burtons : A Story of Two Families 1863-1865 single work novel ; The Miner's Right : A Tale of the Australian Goldfields 1880 single work novel ; Poems [1913] 1913 selected work poetry ; Martin Boyd 1974 single work criticism ; Recent Fiction 1974 single work criticism -
A New Colonialism?
1975
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— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 35 no. 1 1975; (p. 95-102)
— Review of Wild Notes from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel 1826 selected work poetry ; The Hillyars and the Burtons : A Story of Two Families 1863-1865 single work novel ; The Miner's Right : A Tale of the Australian Goldfields 1880 single work novel -
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1890
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— Appears in: Sydney Quarterly Magazine , September 1890; (p. 257)
— Review of The Miner's Right : A Tale of the Australian Goldfields 1880 single work novel -
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1973
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 1973; (p. 13)
— Review of The Miner's Right : A Tale of the Australian Goldfields 1880 single work novel -
From a Mining Warden's Verandah : Thomas Browne as 'Nation' Watcher - Ethnographer
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft 2002; (p. 44-58) Australian Folklore , November no. 23 2008; (p. 94-108) The aims of this essay are "to give some idea of Boldrewood's deeply perceptive insights into the evolving social history associated with Australian gold mining and into the contribution of the international contingents amongs miners to nineteenth century Australian development, recording his views in novels which had a very wide readership in the English-speaking world" and to explore "various related aspects of the evolving Australian character and stock, particularly on the goldfields of the nation". Argues that Browne/Boldrewood was right "to regard gold mining and miners as very substantial building materials for the new and even then multicultural nation" (57). - y Australia: Human & Economic London Bombay Sydney : Harrap , 1932 Z1291638 1932 single work criticism
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Rolf Boldrewood
1904
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 December vol. 25 no. 1294 1904; (p. 2) -
Whiteness Under Arms: Rolf Boldrewood and Rosa Praed's Outlaw Narratives
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 44 no. 3 1999; (p. 76-88) -
y
Writing the Colonial Adventure : Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875-1914
Oakleigh
:
Cambridge University Press
,
1995
Z480378
1995
single work
criticism
'This book is an exploration of popular late nineteenth-century texts that show Australia - along with Africa, India and the Pacific Islands - to be a preferred site of imperial adventure. Focusing on the period from the advent of the new imperialism in the 1870s to the outbreak of World War I, Robert Dixon looks at a selection of British and Australian writers. Their books, he argues, offer insights into the construction of empire, masculinity, race, and Australian nationhood and identity. Writing the Colonial Adventure shows that the genre of adventure/romance was highly popular throughout this period. The book examines the variety of themes within their narrative form that captured many aspects of imperial ideology. In considering the broader ramifications of these works, Professor Dixon develops an original approach to popular fiction, both for its own sake and as a mode of cultural history.' (Introduction)