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'Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and became almost immediately notorious for her poem “The Aboriginal Mother,” written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre. She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies.
'This stimulating collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her poetry.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Contents
- “Proud of Contributing Its Quota to the Original Literature of the Colony” : An Introduction to Eliza Hamilton Dunlop and Her Writing, single work criticism
- The Poetry of the Archive : Locating Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, single work criticism
- “Morning on Rostrevor Mountains” and the Making of Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, single work criticism
- Imperial Feminism and “My Father’s Library” : Intellectual, Literary and Political Thought in Eliza Hamilton Dunlop’s Poetry, single work criticism
- Beyond Universalisms : Individuation, Race and Sentiment in Colonial New South Wales, single work criticism
- Settlement Defiled : Ventriloquy, Pollution and Nature in Eliza Hamilton Dunlops' 'The Aboriginal Mother', single work criticism
- Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Irish and Colonial Melodist : Her Songs for Music and Collaborations with Isaac Nathan, single work criticism
- Unmapping the Mulla : Dunlop and the Villa on Wollombi Brook, single work criticism
- Fort Hamilton, single work poetry
- Morning : On Rostrevor Mountain, in Ulster, Irelandi"'Tis Morning!, from their heather bed", extract poetry
- The Brothersi"He knelt beside a brother's bed-", single work poetry
- The Aboriginal Mother (from Myall's Creek) The Aboriginal Motheri"Oh! hush thee - hush my baby,", single work poetry
- The Irish Nurse, to a Foster Child, single work poetry
- I Bless Thy Shores, single work poetry
- Go Dia Leat Slan "The fragrant westwind sighs -" Songs of an Exile : Go Dia Leat Slan (Irish Song)i"The fragrant and west-wind sighs", single work poetry
- The Eagle Chiefi"Hark to the sound! along the green hill side,", Isaac Nathan (composer), single work lyric/song
- Star of the South : An Australian National Melodyi"Hail star of the south Australasia advance", Isaac Nathan (composer), single work lyric/song
- The Aboriginal Father : A Native Song of the Maneroo Tribe The Aboriginal Fatheri"The shadow on thy brow my child", single work lyric/song
- Dirge of Rosetta Nathan, single work poetry
- "Our home is the gibber-gunyah," Native Poetryi"Nung-Ngnun", Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (translator), single work poetry
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[Review] Eliza Hamilton Dunlop: Writing from the Colonial Frontier
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 46 no. 3 2022; (p. 389-390)
— Review of Eliza Hamilton Dunlop : Writing from the Colonial Frontier 2021 anthology criticism poetry'Best known for her “crying mother” poem written in response to the Myall Creek massacre in 1838, the Anglo-Irish poet Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) is a transcolonial figure with familial, literary and political connections to Ireland, India and Australia. Raised by her paternal grandmother in Ireland, her father worked as an attorney in India (where she would travel in her 20s), while her second husband, David Dunlop, was deeply involved in progressive Ulster politics before becoming the police magistrate in Wollombi and Macdonald River in New South Wales. This new edited collection by Anna Johnston and Elizabeth Webby addresses the scholarly lacunae on Dunlop, shifting the dominance of readings of “The Aboriginal Mother” (1838) in favour of emphasising the transcolonialism of Dunlop’s writing and embedding her work within a global print network.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Eliza Hamilton Dunlop: Writing from the Colonial Frontier
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 46 no. 3 2022; (p. 389-390)
— Review of Eliza Hamilton Dunlop : Writing from the Colonial Frontier 2021 anthology criticism poetry'Best known for her “crying mother” poem written in response to the Myall Creek massacre in 1838, the Anglo-Irish poet Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) is a transcolonial figure with familial, literary and political connections to Ireland, India and Australia. Raised by her paternal grandmother in Ireland, her father worked as an attorney in India (where she would travel in her 20s), while her second husband, David Dunlop, was deeply involved in progressive Ulster politics before becoming the police magistrate in Wollombi and Macdonald River in New South Wales. This new edited collection by Anna Johnston and Elizabeth Webby addresses the scholarly lacunae on Dunlop, shifting the dominance of readings of “The Aboriginal Mother” (1838) in favour of emphasising the transcolonialism of Dunlop’s writing and embedding her work within a global print network.' (Introduction)