Meg Tasker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5406925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg Tasker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg |
| FAMILY NAME | Tasker |
| SIGNATURE | TASKER M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Francis Adams
The English-born traveller and writer Francis Adams, who was in Australia from 1884 to 1890, was a cultural activist and a conduit in both directions for the late-Victorian migration of ideas. His book The Australians (1893) was an important source for the â Legend of the Ninetiesâ , but there was a good deal more than the celebration of the Bush in his Australian writing. He was a keen critic of Britainâ s management of its empire, and a sensiti…
The Sweet Uses of London’
This paper examines the careers of two Australian writers who left Sydney for London at the end of the nineteenth century to explore questions of cultural, as well as literary, identity and affiliation. Louise Mack, as a poet, novelist, writer of romances, journalist and war correspondent, combined a fluid sense of national identity with a flexibility in writing across genres and readerships that makes her hard to categorise. Arthur Maquarie’s ca…
That Wild Run to London’
Henry Lawson had hoped for recognition by the British literary world, and felt that his two-year stay in England was the 'high tide' of his literary career. But he also later referred to it as 'that wild run to London that wrecked and ruined me' ('The Lily of St Leonard's'), and most commentators have agreed that his creative and personal deterioration began around 1902 after his return. Late that year the Bulletin's Red Page commented: 'Lawson's…
That Wild Run to London’
Henry Lawson had hoped for recognition by the British literary world, and felt that his two-year stay in England was the 'high tide' of his literary career. But he also later referred to it as 'that wild run to London that wrecked and ruined me' ('The Lily of St Leonard's'), and most commentators have agreed that his creative and personal deterioration began around 1902 after his return. Late that year the Bulletin's Red Page commented: 'Lawson's…
That Wild Run to London’
Henry Lawson had hoped for recognition by the British literary world, and felt that his two-year stay in England was the 'high tide' of his literary career. But he also later referred to it as 'that wild run to London that wrecked and ruined me' ('The Lily of St Leonard's'), and most commentators have agreed that his creative and personal deterioration began around 1902 after his return. Late that year the Bulletin's Red Page commented: 'Lawson's…
The Sweet Uses of London’
This paper examines the careers of two Australian writers who left Sydney for London at the end of the nineteenth century to explore questions of cultural, as well as literary, identity and affiliation. Louise Mack, as a poet, novelist, writer of romances, journalist and war correspondent, combined a fluid sense of national identity with a flexibility in writing across genres and readerships that makes her hard to categorise. Arthur Maquarie’s ca…
Francis Adams
The English-born traveller and writer Francis Adams, who was in Australia from 1884 to 1890, was a cultural activist and a conduit in both directions for the late-Victorian migration of ideas. His book The Australians (1893) was an important source for the â Legend of the Ninetiesâ , but there was a good deal more than the celebration of the Bush in his Australian writing. He was a keen critic of Britainâ s management of its empire, and a sensiti…
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