Terror in Colonial Australian Literature
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Terror in Colonial Australian Literature |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
Book Title | The Palgrave Handbook of Steam Age Gothic |
Authors | |
Author | Gildersleeve, Jessica |
Editors | Bloom, Clive |
Page Range | 203-215 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
ISBN | 9783030408657 |
9783030408664 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40866-4 |
Abstract | The colonial Australian gothic is notable for its adoption by socially and politically radical writers as a means to explore and subvert prejudices about Australia, its identity and its representation. Such narratives pick up on the generic tropes and assumptions of the gothic genre and put them to work for the purpose of exposing the gothic discourse inherent in the colonial encounter. Thus the colonial Australian Gothic becomes primarily associated with realism rather than the supernatural, and with authors of social critique rather than those of fantasy or imagination. |
Keywords | colonial Australian literature; gothic |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q631z/terror-in-colonial-australian-literature
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