Colonial Australian Women Poets - Political Voice and Feminist Traditions

This book considers the political and feminist significance of non-canonical women poets, particularly those who were writing in newspapers and periodicals, in colonial Australia.

List of contents

List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Rereading Colonial Poetry; 1. Eliza Hamilton Dunlop: Anti-Slavery, Imperial Feminism and Romanticism: 1820-40; 2. Mary Bailey: Hellenism, Bluestockings and the Colonial Times: 1840-50; 3. Caroline Leakey: The Embowered Woman and Tasmania: 1850-60; 4. Emily Manning: Spiritualism and Periodical Print Culture: 1860-80; 5. Louisa Lawson: Fin de Siècle Transnational Feminist Poetics and the Dawn: 1880-1910; Conclusion: Beyond the Dawn; Appendix: Selected Poems; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Katie Hansord is a writer and researcher living in Melbourne, Australia. She completed her PhD at Deakin University. Her research interests include gender, poetry, feminism, political activism and print culture. She has published on the poetry of Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Louisa Lawson, Mary Fortune and Caroline Leakey.

Product details

• Authors: Katie Hansord
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781785272691
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-269-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies