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The Anthology Of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
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Featuring ex-convicts, bushrangers, ruthless gold prospectors, forgers and impostors, thieves and murderers, this book contains stories that show how they challenged colonial law and order. It collects the best examples of colonial Australian crime fiction by authors such as Mary Fortune, James Skipp Borlase, Guy Boothby, and Francis Adams.
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A unique collection of disturbing mysteries and gruesome tales that tap into the fears and anxieties of Australian life.
From the editors of The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction comes this fascinating collection of disturbing mysteries and gruesome tales by authors such as Mary Fortune, James Skipp Borlase, Guy Boothby, Francis Adams, Ernest Favenc, 'Rolf Boldrewood' and Norman Lindsay, among many others.
In the bush and the tropics, the goldfields and the city streets, colonial Australia is a troubling, bewildering place and almost impossible to regulate—even for the most vigilant detective.
Ex-convicts, bushrangers, ruthless gold prospectors, impostors, thieves and murderers flow through the stories that make up this collection, challenging the nascent forces of colonial law and order. The landscape itself seems to stimulate criminal activity, where identities change at will and people suddenly disappear without a trace.
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction is a remarkable anthology that taps into the fears and anxieties of colonial Australian life.
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ISBN: 9780522855616
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 2008
Country: Australia
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 29.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 280
About the Author
Ken Gelder is Professor of Literary Studies at The University of Melbourne. His books include Reading the Vampire (1994), Popular Fiction- The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field (2004) and Subcultures- Cultural Histories and Social Practice (2007). He is also co-author, with Jane M Jacobs, of Uncanny Australia- Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation (1998). Rachael Weaver is Research Fellow in Literary Studies at The University of Melbourne. She is the author of The Criminal of the Century (2006).
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