The MUP Anthology of Australian Colonial Gothic Fiction
$66.79
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2007
Summary
A unique collection of intriguing stories and fantastical yarns that vividly portrays colonial Australia and its hauntings.
Grisly corpses, ghostly women and psychotic station-owners populate an unforgiving landscape that is the stuff of nightmares. These compelling stories are the dark underside to the usual story of colonial progress, promise and nation-building, and reveal the gothic imagination that lies at the heart of Australian fiction.
This anthology collects the best …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522854220 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522854222 |
| Author: | Rachael Weaver, Kenneth Gelder |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 155mm x 232mm |
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Rachael Weaver
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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