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- Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush : Introduction, single work criticism biography (p. i-ix)
- Introduction, single work criticism
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Works about this Work
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Australia in Three (Crime) Books
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 78 no. 4 2019; (p. 23-25)
— Review of Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel ; Beat Not the Bones 1952 single work novel ; The Broken Shore 2005 single work novel'If Australia can be represented in three books, there can be little better a genre than crime fiction. European Australia originated as a penal colony, and crime and its representation have been an obsession ever since. It began with convict ballads, then true crime in newspapers, to the gradually developing form of the crime novel over the nineteenth century. Australia was a significant generic innovator here, with Fergus Hume’s 1886 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab being the first crime international blockbuster. Crime-writing in Australia has form, content, swaggering style—and some of the results are outstanding literature by any criteria.' (Introduction)
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Collecting the Criminal : Murder and Mayhem in Cultural Institutions
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , 1 March vol. 7 no. 1 2018; (p. 41-58) -
Introduction
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 2017; -
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
From the Antipodes : The Beginning of Australian Crime Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 429-437) An overview of early Australian crime and detective fiction.
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An Early Australian Murder Mystery Novel: Ellen Davitt and "Force and Fraud"
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Margin , no. 25 1991; (p. 7-11)
— Review of Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel -
New Recognition for Early Australian Women Writers
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 July 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of A Sydney Sovereign and Other Tales 1889 selected work short story novella ; Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel -
A New Light on Old Sins
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel -
Larrikins and Vampires
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 154 1993; (p. 46)
— Review of Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel -
Australia in Three (Crime) Books
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 78 no. 4 2019; (p. 23-25)
— Review of Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush 1865 single work novel ; Beat Not the Bones 1952 single work novel ; The Broken Shore 2005 single work novel'If Australia can be represented in three books, there can be little better a genre than crime fiction. European Australia originated as a penal colony, and crime and its representation have been an obsession ever since. It began with convict ballads, then true crime in newspapers, to the gradually developing form of the crime novel over the nineteenth century. Australia was a significant generic innovator here, with Fergus Hume’s 1886 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab being the first crime international blockbuster. Crime-writing in Australia has form, content, swaggering style—and some of the results are outstanding literature by any criteria.' (Introduction)
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From the Antipodes : The Beginning of Australian Crime Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 429-437) An overview of early Australian crime and detective fiction. -
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii) -
Crime Finally Pays After More than a Century
1993
single work
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 5 September 1993; (p. 10) -
Force and Fraud by Ellen Davitt : Australia's First Crime Novel
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , July no. 9 1993; (p. 42-45) -
Brought to Book
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 May 1994; (p. 8)
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