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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction: A New History of the Australian Novel; Chapter 1. Literary Studies in the Digital Age; Chapter 2. Beyond the Book: Publishing in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 3. Nostalgia and the Novel: Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 4. Recovering Gender: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 5. The ‘Rise’ of the Woman Novelist: Popular and Literary Trends; Conclusion: Literary Studies in the Digital Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Digital Curation, AustLit, and Australian Children's Literature
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: International Research in Children's Literature , July vol. 12 no. 1 2019; (p. 1-17)'This paper examines the effects of curatorial processes used to develop children's literature digital research projects in the bibliographic database AustLit. Through AustLit's emphasis on contextualising individual works within cultural, biographical, and critical spaces, Australia's literary history is comprehensively represented in a unique digital humanities space. Within AustLit is BlackWords, a project dedicated to recording Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, publishing, and literary cultural history, including children's and young adult texts. Children's literature has received significant attention in AustLit (and BlackWords) over the last decade through three projects that are documented in this paper. The curation of this data highlights the challenges in presenting ‘national’ literatures in countries where minority voices were (and perhaps continue to be) repressed and unseen. This paper employs a ‘resourceful reading’ approach – both close and distant reading methods – to trace the complex and ever-evolving definition of ‘Australian children's literature’.'
Source: EUP.
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Taking the Measure of Gender Disparity in Australian Book Reviewing as a Field, 1985 and 2013
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; 'This essay presents and analyses the initial results of a large-scale and comparative quantitative survey of book reviews to draw some conclusions about the current state of Australian book reviewing as a field. We argue that the gender disparity in Australian book reviewing that has been identified by the Stella Count over the past four years needs to be seen in the wider context of changes to the nature and extent of book reviews over time. We compare two key publications across two years, three decades apart: Australian Book Review (ABR) and The Australian in 1985 and 2013.' (Introduction) -
Copyright Law, Readers and Authors in Colonial Australia
2014
single work
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'This article explores the impact of imperial and domestic copyright law on Australian readers, authors and literary culture throughout the nineteenth century. It investigates the effects of the Copyright Act 1842 on colonial readers, in terms of the cost and availability of books and the circulation of ideas, and uncovers Australian responses to the Foreign Reprints Act 1847. It further explores the creation of domestic colonial copyright legislation and its links to an increase in the number of novels published as books in the 1870s and 1880s. Drawing on recent empirical research exploring relationships between book publishing and the growth of a national literature, it argues that copyright law and policy are important considerations in fostering such histories of Australian literary culture.' (Publication abstract) -
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2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 143-145)
— Review of Reading by Numbers : Recalibrating the Literary Field 2012 single work criticism
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[Untitled]
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 143-145)
— Review of Reading by Numbers : Recalibrating the Literary Field 2012 single work criticism -
Copyright Law, Readers and Authors in Colonial Australia
2014
single work
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'This article explores the impact of imperial and domestic copyright law on Australian readers, authors and literary culture throughout the nineteenth century. It investigates the effects of the Copyright Act 1842 on colonial readers, in terms of the cost and availability of books and the circulation of ideas, and uncovers Australian responses to the Foreign Reprints Act 1847. It further explores the creation of domestic colonial copyright legislation and its links to an increase in the number of novels published as books in the 1870s and 1880s. Drawing on recent empirical research exploring relationships between book publishing and the growth of a national literature, it argues that copyright law and policy are important considerations in fostering such histories of Australian literary culture.' (Publication abstract) -
Taking the Measure of Gender Disparity in Australian Book Reviewing as a Field, 1985 and 2013
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; 'This essay presents and analyses the initial results of a large-scale and comparative quantitative survey of book reviews to draw some conclusions about the current state of Australian book reviewing as a field. We argue that the gender disparity in Australian book reviewing that has been identified by the Stella Count over the past four years needs to be seen in the wider context of changes to the nature and extent of book reviews over time. We compare two key publications across two years, three decades apart: Australian Book Review (ABR) and The Australian in 1985 and 2013.' (Introduction) -
Digital Curation, AustLit, and Australian Children's Literature
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: International Research in Children's Literature , July vol. 12 no. 1 2019; (p. 1-17)'This paper examines the effects of curatorial processes used to develop children's literature digital research projects in the bibliographic database AustLit. Through AustLit's emphasis on contextualising individual works within cultural, biographical, and critical spaces, Australia's literary history is comprehensively represented in a unique digital humanities space. Within AustLit is BlackWords, a project dedicated to recording Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, publishing, and literary cultural history, including children's and young adult texts. Children's literature has received significant attention in AustLit (and BlackWords) over the last decade through three projects that are documented in this paper. The curation of this data highlights the challenges in presenting ‘national’ literatures in countries where minority voices were (and perhaps continue to be) repressed and unseen. This paper employs a ‘resourceful reading’ approach – both close and distant reading methods – to trace the complex and ever-evolving definition of ‘Australian children's literature’.'
Source: EUP.