The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction - Softcover

Gelder, Ken; Weaver, Rachael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0522856160 ISBN 13: 9780522856163

Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Featuring some of the best examples of colonial Australian romance, this anthology includes writers such as Ada Cambridge, Rosa Praed, Francis Adams, and Henry Lawson. These fascinating stories illustrate the many different outcomes of romance—happiness and marriage in some cases, loneliness and regret in others. Highlighting the theme of colonial women being challenged by an unfamiliar lifestyle in a strange place, this collection also depicts men of this period being put to the test, sometimes failing in the quest for love in a brave new world.

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About the Author

Ken Gelder is a professor of literary studies at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field, Reading the Vampire, and Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice. He is the coauthor of After the Celebration and Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation. Rachael Weaver is research fellow in literary studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of The Criminal of the Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0522856160
• ISBN 13: 9780522856163
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288