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Dedication: You may make initial contact with someone who does not speak your language with signs or smiles, but to communicate you need words. So it is with a nation; to understand it you have to read its books.
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The Creation of Rachel Henning : Personal Correspondence to Publishing Phenomenon
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 74-91)'The Letters of Rachel Henning is the best-selling collection of correspondence ever published in Australia. Covering the years 1853 to 1882, the letters were first serialised in the Bulletin in 1951-1952 (edited by David Adams and illustrated by Norman LIndsay), nearly forty years after Rachel Henning's death. Since then, they have been published in book form in nine separate editions, and remained in print for nearly fifty years. In October 2006, the book was posted online, unillustrated, as a Project Gutenberg Australia title. I propose to discuss the editing of the original letters, and examine the paratexts and the various publishing strategies that allowed the collection to be marketed successfully, over many years, to a diverse readership whose reasons for finding the collection so appealing varied with the passage of time. (Author's introduction)
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Dutton's Pick : the Best of the Classics
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , October 1985; (p. 15)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract -
Geoffrey Dutton's Selection
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , November 1985; (p. 15)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract -
The Ultimate Coffee-Table Collection for Australians
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 9 November 1985; (p. 21)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract
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The Ultimate Coffee-Table Collection for Australians
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 9 November 1985; (p. 21)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract -
Geoffrey Dutton's Selection
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , November 1985; (p. 15)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract -
Dutton's Pick : the Best of the Classics
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , October 1985; (p. 15)
— Review of The Australian Collection : Australia's Greatest Books 1985 anthology biography poetry short story extract -
The Creation of Rachel Henning : Personal Correspondence to Publishing Phenomenon
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October-November vol. 27 no. 3/4 2012; (p. 74-91)'The Letters of Rachel Henning is the best-selling collection of correspondence ever published in Australia. Covering the years 1853 to 1882, the letters were first serialised in the Bulletin in 1951-1952 (edited by David Adams and illustrated by Norman LIndsay), nearly forty years after Rachel Henning's death. Since then, they have been published in book form in nine separate editions, and remained in print for nearly fifty years. In October 2006, the book was posted online, unillustrated, as a Project Gutenberg Australia title. I propose to discuss the editing of the original letters, and examine the paratexts and the various publishing strategies that allowed the collection to be marketed successfully, over many years, to a diverse readership whose reasons for finding the collection so appealing varied with the passage of time. (Author's introduction)
