AustLit
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- y Coo-ee : Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies Mrs Patchett Martin (editor), Nottingham : Boots Ltd. , 1890-1920 Z571685 1890-1920 anthology short story London : Richard Edward King , 1891 pg. 271-286
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- y From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women Fiona Giles (editor), Fitzroy Ringwood : McPhee Gribble Penguin , 1987 Z373115 1987 anthology short story extract Fitzroy Ringwood : McPhee Gribble Penguin , 1987 pg. 27-35
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The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories
Ken Gelder
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1994
Z356827
1994
anthology
short story
crime
young adult
'Did Australian ghosts suffer from a cultural cringe? Dr Ken Gelder indicates in the introduction to another fascinating OUP anthology that early ghost stories were essentially a "transported genre" that looked back to England as their source. Thus John Lang's well-known story "The Ghost upon
the Rail" is based upon a case of murder for post-convict wealth.
Gelder argues that Australian ghost stories possess their own ironical flavour, but the gothic tradition has to be resolved in outback locations or deserted mining towns, as in David Rowbotham's "A Schoolie and the Ghost".'
'Gelder relies heavily on Victorian and Edwardian writers, such as Marcus Clarke, Barbara Baynton and Hume Nisbet, as if unsure as to the nature of contemporary ghosts. It is interesting to see that Australia's science fiction writers, such as Lucy Sussex and Terry Dowling, provide the link between the past and the present. Dowling's "The Daeman Street Ghost-Trap" effectively uses traditional settings to link ghosts with a current horror, namely cancer. Several bunyip stories remind us of a particular Antipodean creature to stand against the assorted European manifestations.'
(Colin Steele, SF Commentary No 77, p.55).
Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1994 pg. 102-109
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The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories
Ken Gelder
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1994
Z356827
1994
anthology
short story
crime
young adult
'Did Australian ghosts suffer from a cultural cringe? Dr Ken Gelder indicates in the introduction to another fascinating OUP anthology that early ghost stories were essentially a "transported genre" that looked back to England as their source. Thus John Lang's well-known story "The Ghost upon
the Rail" is based upon a case of murder for post-convict wealth.
Gelder argues that Australian ghost stories possess their own ironical flavour, but the gothic tradition has to be resolved in outback locations or deserted mining towns, as in David Rowbotham's "A Schoolie and the Ghost".'
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The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction
Ken Gelder
(editor),
Rachael Weaver
(editor),
Carlton
:
Melbourne University Press
,
2007
Z1415120
2007
anthology
short story
extract
horror
mystery
science fiction
historical fiction
children's
(taught in 7 units)
'This anthology collects the best examples of Australian gothic short stories from colonial times. Demonic bird cries, grisly corpses, ghostly women and psychotic station-owners populate a colonial landscape which is the stuff of nightmares.
Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2007 pg. 117-126
'In stories by Marcus Clarke, Mary Fortune and Henry Lawson, the colonial homestead is wracked by haunted images of murder and revenge. Settlers are disoriented and traumatised as they stumble into forbidden places and explorers disappear, only to return as ghostly figures with terrible tales to tell. These compelling stories are the dark underside to the usual story of colonial progress, promise and nation-building, and reveal just how vivid the gothic imagination is at the heart of Australian fiction.' (Publication summary)
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The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction
Ken Gelder
(editor),
Rachael Weaver
(editor),
Carlton
:
Melbourne University Press
,
2007
Z1415120
2007
anthology
short story
extract
horror
mystery
science fiction
historical fiction
children's
(taught in 7 units)
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Australian Ghost Stories
James Doig
(editor),
Ware
:
Wordsworth Editions
,
2010
Z1692736
2010
anthology
short story
horror
'Murderous ghosts, horrific curses and monstrous beings haunt an unforgiving landscape into which travellers stray at their peril. Journey through the dark byways of Australia's Gothic past in the rare stories gathered in this memorable new collection. Work by acclaimed Australian writers such as Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson and Edward Dyson appears alongside many lesser-known authors such as Beatrice Grimshaw, Mary Fortune and Ernest Favenc. Many of the stories collected here have never been reprinted since their first publication in 19th and early 20th century periodicals and showcase the richness and variety of the Australian ghost and horror story.
James Doig provides an authoritative introduction full of fresh insights into Australian Gothic fiction with detailed biographical notes on the authors represented' (cover). Ware : Wordsworth Editions , 2010
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Australian Ghost Stories
James Doig
(editor),
Ware
:
Wordsworth Editions
,
2010
Z1692736
2010
anthology
short story
horror
'Murderous ghosts, horrific curses and monstrous beings haunt an unforgiving landscape into which travellers stray at their peril. Journey through the dark byways of Australia's Gothic past in the rare stories gathered in this memorable new collection. Work by acclaimed Australian writers such as Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson and Edward Dyson appears alongside many lesser-known authors such as Beatrice Grimshaw, Mary Fortune and Ernest Favenc. Many of the stories collected here have never been reprinted since their first publication in 19th and early 20th century periodicals and showcase the richness and variety of the Australian ghost and horror story.
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