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Writing Australian UnsettlementThe Hunted Writer

Writing Australian Unsettlement: The Hunted Writer [This chapter shows the unsettling possibility of reading two historically significant texts, The Jerilderie Letter by Ned Kelly (1855–1880), and the “Letter to Mr Philips, Lord Sydney’s Steward” by Bennelong (1764?–1813), through the practice of hunting. While Romantic poets wrote of such “imperial” activities, rather than participated in them (Carter, Lie 7), these two colonial writers were participants, as both protagonists and victims. It is this unsettling fact that informs the following readings.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Writing Australian UnsettlementThe Hunted Writer

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
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978-1-349-58120-7
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13 –38
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10.1057/9781137465412_2
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[This chapter shows the unsettling possibility of reading two historically significant texts, The Jerilderie Letter by Ned Kelly (1855–1880), and the “Letter to Mr Philips, Lord Sydney’s Steward” by Bennelong (1764?–1813), through the practice of hunting. While Romantic poets wrote of such “imperial” activities, rather than participated in them (Carter, Lie 7), these two colonial writers were participants, as both protagonists and victims. It is this unsettling fact that informs the following readings.]

Published: Dec 22, 2015

Keywords: Aboriginal People; Punctuation Mark; Aboriginal Literature; White Settler; Romantic Poet

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