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Cosmos Magazine and Colonial Femininity
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'This article looks at the relatively short and colourful life of Sydney's Cosmos: An Illustrated Australian Magazine—one of the many ephemeral literary magazines that flourished briefly during the colonial era in Australia, and which have been largely forgotten today. From its beginning in September 1894, Cosmos published poetry, short fiction, book reviews, and literary criticism, aiming to offer readers something 'that was purely Australian' as well as providing an important venue for the writings of popular colonial authors such as Louise Mack, Edward Dyson, Ernest Favenc, and many others. This article argues the Cosmos magazine was deeply invested in the development of a distinctively Australian literary culture and that an important focus for accomplishing this was its exploration of metropolitan modes of colonial femininity.' -
Negotiating the Colonial Australian Popular Fiction Archive
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-12) 'There is an identifiable 'archive' of colonial Australian popular fiction consisting of romance, adventure fiction, Gothic fiction, crime fiction, Lemurian fantasy and a significant number of related subgenres (bushranger fiction, convict romance, Pacific or 'South Sea' adventure, tropical romance, 'lost explorer' stories, and so on). Looking at this archive soon reveals both its sheer size and range, and the fact that so little of it is remembered today. Rachael Weaver, Ailie Smith and I have begun to build a digital archive of colonial Australian popular fiction with the primary aim of making this material available to an interested reading public, as well as to scholars specialising in colonial Australian (and transnational) literary studies. At the time of writing we are really only about 20% complete with around 500 authors represented on the site, although many with only a fraction of their work uploaded and with only the bare bones of a scholarly apparatus around them: a few short biographical notes, a bibliography, and the texts themselves: first editions in most cases.' (Author's introduction, p. 1)
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 1 1999; (p. 111-114)
— Review of Seeking the Centre : The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film 1998 single work criticism ; Woman and Herself : A Critical Study of the Works of Barbara Hanrahan 1998 single work criticism ; Too Far Everywhere : The Romantic Heroine in Nineteenth-Century Australia 1998 multi chapter work criticism ; The Diaries of Barbara Hanrahan 1998 single work diary
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 1 1999; (p. 111-114)
— Review of Seeking the Centre : The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film 1998 single work criticism ; Woman and Herself : A Critical Study of the Works of Barbara Hanrahan 1998 single work criticism ; Too Far Everywhere : The Romantic Heroine in Nineteenth-Century Australia 1998 multi chapter work criticism ; The Diaries of Barbara Hanrahan 1998 single work diary -
Negotiating the Colonial Australian Popular Fiction Archive
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-12) 'There is an identifiable 'archive' of colonial Australian popular fiction consisting of romance, adventure fiction, Gothic fiction, crime fiction, Lemurian fantasy and a significant number of related subgenres (bushranger fiction, convict romance, Pacific or 'South Sea' adventure, tropical romance, 'lost explorer' stories, and so on). Looking at this archive soon reveals both its sheer size and range, and the fact that so little of it is remembered today. Rachael Weaver, Ailie Smith and I have begun to build a digital archive of colonial Australian popular fiction with the primary aim of making this material available to an interested reading public, as well as to scholars specialising in colonial Australian (and transnational) literary studies. At the time of writing we are really only about 20% complete with around 500 authors represented on the site, although many with only a fraction of their work uploaded and with only the bare bones of a scholarly apparatus around them: a few short biographical notes, a bibliography, and the texts themselves: first editions in most cases.' (Author's introduction, p. 1)
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Cosmos Magazine and Colonial Femininity
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'This article looks at the relatively short and colourful life of Sydney's Cosmos: An Illustrated Australian Magazine—one of the many ephemeral literary magazines that flourished briefly during the colonial era in Australia, and which have been largely forgotten today. From its beginning in September 1894, Cosmos published poetry, short fiction, book reviews, and literary criticism, aiming to offer readers something 'that was purely Australian' as well as providing an important venue for the writings of popular colonial authors such as Louise Mack, Edward Dyson, Ernest Favenc, and many others. This article argues the Cosmos magazine was deeply invested in the development of a distinctively Australian literary culture and that an important focus for accomplishing this was its exploration of metropolitan modes of colonial femininity.'
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Subjects:
- Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever 1854 single work novel
- The Broad Arrow : Being Passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer 1859 single work novel
- The Three Miss Kings 1883 single work novel
- An Australian Girl 1890 single work novel
- The Penance of Portia James 1891 single work novel
- Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land : A Story of Australian Life 1915 single work novel
- 1800-1899
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