Ken Gelder

The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt

Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver

Book  |  2020

From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver exam..

Killing and Sentiment in the Colonial Australian Kangaroo Hunt Narrative

Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver

Book Chapter  |  2020

This chapter argues that the kangaroo hunt in colonial Australia – far from being a minor recreational event – in fact gives settl..

The Australian Kangaroo Hunt Novel (1830–1858) as *Bildungsroman*

Ken Gelder, R Weaver

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Literary Studies

In Australia – and no doubt in other outposts of empire – hunting provided a rite of passage for ambitious young men to learn abou..

Adapting Bestsellers: Fantasy, Franchise and the Afterlife of Storyworlds

Ken Gelder

Book  |  2019

This book looks at adaptations of bestselling works of popular fiction to cinema, television, stage, radio, video games and other ..

Transnational Draculas

K Gelder

Book Chapter  |  2018

This celebrated Gothic novel is explored through essays providing critical, historical, anthropological, philosophical and intelle..

Thirty Years On: Reading the Country and Indigenous Homeliness

K Gelder

Book Chapter  |  2018

In October 2014 a three-day festival was held at the University of Melbourne to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the publica..

Introduction to An Australian Bush Track

K Gelder, RA Weaver

Book Chapter  |  2018

An Australian Bush Track by J.D. Hennessey is number 4 in this series, edited by Prof Ken Gelder and Dr Rachael Weaver.

The art of the colonial kangaroo hunt

K Gelder, Rachael Weaver

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

R.L. Stevenson and Covenanter Gothic

K GELDER

Book Chapter  |  2017

The great affair is to move.?" Taking up the concepts of time, place, and memory, the contributors to this collection explore in w..

Colonial Australian Fiction: Character Types, Social Formations and the Colonial Economy

K GELDER, R WEAVER

Book  |  2017

Over the course of the 19th century a remarkable array of character types appeared – and disappeared – in Australian literature: t..