Colonial Reading Experience and Literary Exposure - The Flaneur in Sydney

Colonial Reading Experience and Literary Exposure
Or, 'The Empire' and The Empire

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The Flaneur in Sydney
Between January 1868 and March 1873, William Wilkes wrote a regular satirical column for The Empire under the name 'The Flaneur in Sydney'. In it, he often touched on literary topics. Some of those columns can be explored in this tab.
For a complete list of the works of 'The Flaneur in Sydney', click here.
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The Flaneur in Sydney

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

3 February 1868: Following reports of a sentence of death imposed on a youth, the Flaneur compares the approaches to the criminal classes of New South Wales Chief Justice Alfred Stephen and English novelist Charles Dickens.

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

8 February 1868: Among his other topics, the Flaneur dwells heavily on poet Thomas Hood.

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

18 April 1868: One of the topics on which the Flaneur muses in this column is' the fate of an unhappy young man who recently sought to earn his living by selling newspapers and other cheap literature'.

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

18 July 1868: The Flaneur discusses Tennyson's new poem, 'Lucretius'.

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

8 August 1868: In this column, the Flaneur discusses and quotes William Morris's poem 'The Earthly Paradise', saying that Morris's writing is 'musical without being unintelligible, rich without being gaudy, and warm, with the genial warmth of Heaven's sun, and not with the fires of Hell.'

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

3 October 1868: In this column, the Flaneur draws a comparison between Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and recent troubles involving Henry Parkes.

The Flaneur in Sydney 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , 1868 single work prose

24 October 1868: In the course of musing on political events, the Flaneur quotes from Sir Henry Taylor's drama Philip van Artevelde.

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William Wilkes

William Wilkes was not only 'The Flaneur in Sydney', he was also the editor of both The Empire and The Moreton Bay Courier.

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