The Circulation of Colonial Literary Culture in Australia: Mapping the Literary Magazines and Periodicals

Abstract

Colonial magazines were a vibrant part of Australia's emergent literary culture. They fashioned new writers, investing in local identities while also engaging in global events. This project will map the literary economies of these magazines, focusing on popular genres and key themes such as nation building, indigeneity, gender and cosmopolitanism.

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The Colonial Journals, and the emergence of Australian literary culture

K GELDER, R Weaver

2014-06-01

Colonial Australia produced a vast number of journals and magazines that helped to create an exuberant literary landscape. They we..