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OverviewThis book traces the beginnings of literary (narrative) journalism in Australia. It contributes to evolving international definitions of the form, while providing a glimpse into Australia’s early press history and development as a nation. The book comprises two parts. The first examines the forerunners of literary journalism before and during the establishment of a free press, including the letters, diaries and journals of the early colonists, as well as sketches published in the first magazines and newspapers. The book asks if these were “reporting” when there was no thriving press until well into the 19th century -- many were written by women and convicts whose voices otherwise went unheard. The second part examines the first expressions of literary journalism in forms more recognisable today, covering topics as varied as homelessness in Melbourne, the Queensland trade in Pacific Islander labour, and Australia’s involvement in overseas wars, particularly the Boer War. The resulting cultural history reveals important milestones in the development of Australia’s press and literature, while demonstrating the concerns unveiled in colonial literary journalism still resonate in Australia in the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Willa McDonaldPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2023 Weight: 0.606kg ISBN: 9783031317880ISBN 10: 3031317882 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 03 September 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Chapter 1 — Writing Reality: Constructing a Nation Reaching for a Definition In the Beginning was the Word Laying the Foundations Chapter 2 — True Beginnings The Printer Arrives Towards a Free Press Picking Up the Pace: the press after 1850 Popularising the Papers Colonial Journals and Magazines: the creation of a literary culture Irreverence and Tantrums: the emergence of The Bulletin Unheard: First Nation voices Women and Journalism: a man’s game Chapter 3 — Journals, Letters and Unexpected Forms ‘Discovering’ the Land — the explorers Writing Home — letters and journals Reclaiming Unheard Voices Broadening the Public Sphere Literary Poetics and their Impacts Chapter 4 — Captured Lives: Settler Memoir Pioneering Lives: Katherine Kirkland Farming Van Diemen’s Land: James Ross Women as Political Commentators: Caroline Chisholm and Ada Cambridge Memoir, Subjectivity and the Fact or Fiction Debate Historical Reliability: Ellen Clacy on the goldfields Where to Draw the Line? Martin Cash Does the End Justify the Means? Arthur James Vogan Scientific and Institutional Reliability: Carl Lumholtz and Edward M Curr Chapter 5 — The Sketch: Colonial Characters Savery’s Satire Resurgence of the Sketch Poking Fun, Revealing Hypocrisy: Thomas Revel Johnson’s social commentary “The Devil in Sydney”: Theodore Emile Argles (Harold Grey) Satire and the “Gentler Sex”: Caroline Dexter Forerunners of the Profile — the illustrated interview Annie Bright and Cosmos Magazine Who are We? William Baker’s Heads of the People Christina Smith and the Booandick Chapter 6 — Sketches of Place, Landscape and Travel Master of All He Surveys: James Martin Taming the Harsh Environment: Robert Harrison and May Vivienne Negotiating the Highways and Byways: Richard Rose (Peter Possum) Chronicling Nature: Louisa Meredith Observing with the Eye of the Locally Born: Louisa Atkinson Literary Journalist as Science Reporter: Henry Britton Landscape and What it Meant to be Australian: Lawson and Paterson Chapter 7 — Reporting on City Life: The Highs and Lows of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’ Female Flâneuse: Mary Fortune Exploring the Slums: Marcus Clarke Empathetic Responses Investigating the Institutions: John Stanley James A Woman’s Perpsective: Catherine Hay Thomson Chapter 8 — Literary Journalism and Ned Kelly’s ‘Last Stand’ Before the Siege: Anti-Irish Catholic Sentiment Unbounded Immersion Press Freedom or Press Bias? The Glenrowan “Press Conference” and the Inclusion of Interviews The Reach of the Legend Laying the Foundation for a Cultural Industry The Result of a Flexible Form Chapter 9 — ‘Blackbirding’, Subjectivity and the Unseeing ‘I’ An Uneasy Trade Replacing Cotton: the “Sugaropolis” In the Wake of the Carl: Henry Britton British Superiority and Social Darwinism “A Well-Fed Kitten”: women, children and Britton’s Orientalism “It’s the Way We Always Speak of the Trade”: George ‘Chinese’ Morrison “Happy Participants”: John Stanley James An Enviable Fate: JD Melvin A Rite of Passage Chapter 10 — Life in the Trenches: The Challenges of Reporting War First Overseas Conflict: war with the Maoris The Great Australian Silence Impact of the Telegraph Repatriating the ‘Kanaks’ as Humans Covering the Sudan Connecting with the Enemy: the Boer War The Poetic Response: AB (Banjo) Paterson Censorship by the British: Donald Macdonald Chapter 11 — Boer War Journalism: Irony, Understatement and Sentiment “From a Woman’s Standpoint”: Edith Dickenson Refugee Camps or Concentration Camps? Censorship of Mismanagement News from the Field Hospital: Agnes Macready Sentimentality and War: WT Reay The Difficulties of Writing About Emotions Emotional Engagement or Sentimentality? Chapter 12 — ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationWilla McDonald teaches and researches literary journalism and creative non-fiction writing at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. A former journalist, she is co-editor of Palgrave Macmillan’s Literary Journalism series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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