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Antipodean Romance, Crime and Sensation : Australian Popular Fiction in British and American Markets 1890-1925
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scenes of Reading : Is Australian Literature a World Literature? 2013; (p. 86-100)'In this essay, I want to look back to an earlier period in the history of the international bestseller, when the modern genre system emerged in the Anglosphere. In particular, I want to trace the participation of Australian writers in this moment, focusing on their presence in the transatlantic book trade and their movement from Australia to Britain and the United States, and sometimes back again. 'Australian literature', in this view, was international (and not merely imperial) before it was ever national' (p. 86).
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Who are You? No One : The Hacking Journalist in London
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 111-132) ‘In 1909 the English journalist Philip Gibbs was in his early thirties and had already known both failure and success. That year he published a semiautobiographical novel, The Street of Adventure, drawing on his varied experiences. It was an immediate bestseller. The street of the title is Fleet Street. Shy, diffident Frank Luttrell has tried school-teaching after Oxford but he is bored. He determines to try the life of a freelance journalist in London. His friend is horrified…’ (From author’s introduction 111) -
More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction
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More Miscellaneous
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)
— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages 1937 single work children's fiction -
Who are You? No One : The Hacking Journalist in London
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 111-132) ‘In 1909 the English journalist Philip Gibbs was in his early thirties and had already known both failure and success. That year he published a semiautobiographical novel, The Street of Adventure, drawing on his varied experiences. It was an immediate bestseller. The street of the title is Fleet Street. Shy, diffident Frank Luttrell has tried school-teaching after Oxford but he is bored. He determines to try the life of a freelance journalist in London. His friend is horrified…’ (From author’s introduction 111) -
Antipodean Romance, Crime and Sensation : Australian Popular Fiction in British and American Markets 1890-1925
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scenes of Reading : Is Australian Literature a World Literature? 2013; (p. 86-100)'In this essay, I want to look back to an earlier period in the history of the international bestseller, when the modern genre system emerged in the Anglosphere. In particular, I want to trace the participation of Australian writers in this moment, focusing on their presence in the transatlantic book trade and their movement from Australia to Britain and the United States, and sometimes back again. 'Australian literature', in this view, was international (and not merely imperial) before it was ever national' (p. 86).
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