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Issue Details: First known date: 1847... 1847 The Genius and the Ghost
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  • A drama in verse form.
  • Staging notes: 'The scene is supposed to be an open space in the air. Time - about midnight. Enter the Genius of the City of Sydney, a modern sprite, dressed in corporation robes mingled with clouds and mist; Genius is in great alarm, being pursued by a huge, brawny, phantom, clad in black and yellow, and covered with chains.'
  • 'Dialogue between the Genius of Sydney and the Ghost of Transportation, the latter arguing that it be brought back to life.' - Webby

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Atlas vol. 3 no. 114 30 January 1847 Z658652 1847 newspaper issue 1847 pg. 50-51
    Note: The digitised version of 'The Genius and the Ghost' concludes on the following page link: http://www.nla.gov.au/ferguson/1440365x/18470130/00030114/3-4.pdf
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Unsparing Scourge : Australian Satirical Texts 1845-1860 Vincent O'Sullivan (editor), Nedlands : University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 1988 Z420571 1988 anthology poetry short story criticism biography satire Nedlands : University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 1988 pg. 60-69
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From : The Genius and the Ghost i "I would, when nations hoist a moral name,", William Forster , 1970 extract poetry (The Genius and the Ghost)
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 54-56)
From : The Genius and the Ghost i "I would, when nations hoist a moral name,", William Forster , 1986 extract poetry satire (The Genius and the Ghost)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse 1986; (p. 45-47)
From : The Genius and the Ghost i "When in his gay barouche", William Forster , 1998 extract poetry (The Genius and the Ghost)
— Appears in: Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 358-359)
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Works about this Work

William Forster : The Genius and the Ghost Vincent O'Sullivan , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Unsparing Scourge : Australian Satirical Texts 1845-1860 1988; (p. 57-69)
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