Michael Wilding

The Historical Novel: Jack Lindsay's 1649

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In Fanfrolico and After Jack Lindsay discusses the historical novels he began to write in the mid 1930s. 'I still, however, could not handl...

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This paper presents a compelling analysis of Jack Lindsay's historical novel *1649*, arguing that its recourse to the mid-seventeenth century English...

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Michael Wilding

Weird Melancholy: the stories of Marcus Clarke

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When Hamilton Mackinnon collected Clarke's stories in The Austral Edition nf the Selected Works nf Marcus Clarke (1890),1 he placed as the...

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This paper promises a compelling re-evaluation of Marcus Clarke's short fiction, particularly through the lens of its initial editorial presentation....

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Michael Wilding

William Lane's The Workingmen s Paradise: Pioneering Socialist Realism

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For their part in the I 891 shearers' strike, some eighty to one hundred unionists were convicted in Queensland with sentences ranging fro...

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This paper presents an intriguing analysis of William Lane's *The Workingman's Paradise*, positioning it as a foundational text for "pioneering social...

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Michael Wilding

Joseph Furphy's Such Is Life

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Joseph Furphy's Sltch is Life (1903) opens simply and clearly enough with that memorable, sardonic initial declaration: 'Unemployed at last...

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This paper offers a focused and compelling analysis of the opening of Joseph Furphy's *Such Is Life*, centering on the profound implications of its in...

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Nathalie Freidel

Sévigné vs Madame de Sévigné. Pour une lecture féministe de la Correspondance

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The proposed article, "Sévigné vs Madame de Sévigné. Pour une lecture féministe de la Correspondance," immediately signals a critical re-engagement wi...

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Matthieu Dupas

Le désir baroque du Menteur de Corneille

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The title, "Le désir baroque du Menteur de Corneille," immediately captures attention, signaling an ambitious and potentially very insightful re-readi...

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Sara Harvey

Deborah Steinberger, Women’s Stories in Le Mercure galant (1672- 1710). Feminine Fictions in an Early French Periodical, 2024

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Deborah Steinberger's forthcoming work, *Women’s Stories in Le Mercure galant (1672- 1710). Feminine Fictions in an Early French Periodical* (2024), i...

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Pietro Dalmazzo

Family as the Place for National Discrimination: An Analysis of Beatrice Speraz’s Autobiography

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This essay examines Beatrice Speraz’s autobiography, Ricordi della mia infanzia in Dalmazia (1915), which describes her childhood in Dalmatia and how...

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This essay offers a compelling analysis of Beatrice Speraz’s *Ricordi della mia infanzia in Dalmazia* (1915), focusing on the complex interplay of nat...

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Qiyue Zhang

Silvia T. Zangrandi et al., eds. Scienza e follia: stravaganza ed eccezione. Alchimisti, maghi, scienziati eslegi nella letteratura e nella cultura contemporanea

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Silvia T. Zangrandi et al.'s edited collection, "Scienza e follia: stravaganza ed eccezione. Alchimisti, maghi, scienziati eslegi nella letteratura e...

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Roberto Viviani

Brendan Hennessey. Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation

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Brendan Hennessey's "Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation" presents a promising title that immediately captures attention within film studie...

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