Writing the Colonial Adventure

Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875–1914

Robert Dixon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st Jan '95

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This book explores imperial ideology through the narrative themes of popular texts.

This book is an exploration of popular late nineteenth-century texts. Robert Dixon looks at a selection of adventure/romance writers whose narrative themes, he argues, captured many aspects of imperial ideology. Here is an original approach to popular fiction, both for its own sake and as a mode of cultural history.This book is an exploration of popular late nineteenth-century texts that show Australia - along with Africa, India and the Pacific Islands - to be a preferred site of imperial adventure. Focusing on the period from the advent of the new imperialism in the 1870s to the outbreak of World War I, Robert Dixon looks at a selection of British and Australian writers. Their books, he argues, offer insights into the construction of empire, masculinity, race, and Australian nationhood and identity. Writing the Colonial Adventure shows that the genre of adventure/romance was highly popular throughout this period. The book examines the variety of themes within their narrative form that captured many aspects of imperial ideology. In considering the broader ramifications of these works, Professor Dixon develops an original approach to popular fiction, both for its own sake and as a mode of cultural history.

ISBN: 9780521484398

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 360g

240 pages