Too Far Everywhere: The Romantic Heroine in Nineteenth-century AustraliaThe deliberate exclusion of women's romances resulted in the development of an Australian culture based on a masculine bush ethos. In recovering previously neglected women's texts, Giles argues for a more inclusive and heterogeneous view. |
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... novels " conform to literary expectations of the time , they are also vehicles for [ her ] vigorous ideas and opinions , as well as providing an accurate reflection of colonial life . " 15 Even within criticism of the romance genre ...
... novels " conform to literary expectations of the time , they are also vehicles for [ her ] vigorous ideas and opinions , as well as providing an accurate reflection of colonial life . " 15 Even within criticism of the romance genre ...
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... romance genre , as the writers seemed willing to do , allowed for a range of romantic heroines — from different classes and nationalist positions to be situated in a drama highlighting the space where a " specific settler discourse ...
... romance genre , as the writers seemed willing to do , allowed for a range of romantic heroines — from different classes and nationalist positions to be situated in a drama highlighting the space where a " specific settler discourse ...
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... romance in the nationalist liter- ary identity , especially where it ... genre , as well as Australia's differentiation , if not absolute separation ... Romance of the Unexplored Bush " . Mrs Tregaskiss is sub - titled " A Novel of Anglo ...
... romance in the nationalist liter- ary identity , especially where it ... genre , as well as Australia's differentiation , if not absolute separation ... Romance of the Unexplored Bush " . Mrs Tregaskiss is sub - titled " A Novel of Anglo ...
Contents
Recovering the heroine | 1 |
Colonial Migration | 9 |
Making a New Space | 23 |
Copyright | |
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