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Fifty-two of Henry Lawson's stories and sketches that he had first
published in newspapers and magazines from 1888 onwards were
gathered in his collection While the Billy Boils (Angus &
Robertson, 1896). Lawson was not responsible for their ordering and
he had to give ground on their texts, especially on his
idiosyncratic presentation of wordings that helped to breathe life
into his characters and situations. The present edition dismantles
the fait accompli of 1896 by presenting the individual items in the
chronological order of their first publication and with their
original newspaper texts. This will allow a new appreciation of
Lawson's writing, one that is attentive to his developing powers.
The edition also facilitates a close study of Lawson's
collaboration with the producers of the collection in 1896, in
particular with his copy-editor Arthur W. Jose and publisher George
Robertson. Facsimile images (available online) of the printer's
copy that they prepared for While the Billy Boils supplement the
edition's listing of the alterations that each of them made,
revealing the textual history of each story or sketch.
Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796-1880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and
became almost immediately notorious for her poem "The Aboriginal
Mother," written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre.
She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her
lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was
largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in
Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a
range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial
and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies. This stimulating
collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work
from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her
poetry.
This book introduces in a lively and succinct way the major writers, literary movements, styles and genres that, at the beginning of a new century, are seen as constituting the field of Australian literature. The book consciously takes a perspective that sees literary works not as aesthetic objects created in isolation by unique individuals, but as cultural products influenced and constrained by the social, political and economic circumstances of their times. It will be an indispensable reference for both national and international readers. It covers Indigenous texts, colonial writing and reading, poetry, fiction and theater throughout two centuries, biography and autobiography, and literary criticism in Australia.
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