Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (17961880) arrived in Sydney in 1838 and became almost immediately notorious for her poem The Aboriginal Mother, written in response to the infamous Myall Creek massacre. She published more poetry in colonial newspapers during her lifetime, but for the century following her death her work was largely neglected. In recent years, however, critical interest in Dunlop has increased, in Australia and internationally and in a range of fields, including literary studies; settler, postcolonial and imperial studies; and Indigenous studies.
This stimulating collection of essays by leading scholars considers Dunlop's work from a range of perspectives and includes a new selection of her poetry.
Recenzijos
'A marked feature of the collection is the contributors investment in tracing the biographical, literary, political and publication histories of Dunlops writing ... [ The book is] an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as ensuring its contribution not only to studies of Dunlop, but also to future scholarship of colonial womens writing, global Romanticism, Australian literature, periodical studies and settler-colonial studies.' -- Sarah Comyn * Journal of Australian Studies *
Daugiau informacijos
Winner of Australian University Heads of English Prize for Literary Scholarship 2021.A stimulating collection of essays and poetry, Eliza Hamilton Dunlop considers the poet's work from a range of scholarly perspectives.
List of Figures
1. Proud of Contributing Its Quota to the Original Literature of the
Colony: An Introduction to Eliza Hamilton Dunlop and Her Writing, by Anna
Johnston and Elizabeth Webby
2. The Poetry of the Archive: Locating Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, by Anna
Johnston
Part 1 Eliza Hamilton Dunlop and Global Literature
3. Morning on Rostrevor Mountains and the Making of Eliza Hamilton Dunlop,
by Duncan Wu
4. Imperial Feminism and My Fathers Library: Intellectual, Literary and
Political Thought in Eliza Hamilton Dunlops Poetry, by Katie Hansord
5. Beyond Universalisms: Individuation, Race and Sentiment in Colonial New
South Wales, by Jason R. Rudy
Part 2 Eliza Hamilton Dunlop and Colonial Australia
6. Settlement Defiled: Ventriloquy, Pollution and Nature in Eliza Hamilton
Dunlops The Aboriginal Mother, by Peter Minter
7. Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Irish and Colonial Melodist: Her Songs for Music
and Collaborations with Isaac Nathan, by Graeme Skinner
8. Unmapping the Mulla: Dunlop and the Villa on Wollombi Brook, by Jim Wafer
Part 3 Poems
9. A Selection of Eliza Hamilton Dunlops Poems, by Elizabeth Webby
Fort Hamilton
"Morning" on Rostrevor Mountains
The Brothers
The Dead
The Aboriginal Mother
The Irish Nurse, to a Foster Child
I BlessThy Shores
Go Dia leat Slan
The Eagle Chief melodized by Nathan
The Star of the South
The Aboriginal Father, a translation of a Maneroo dirge versified also for I.
Nathan
Dirge of Rosetta Nathan
Native Poetry
Native Song (the foregoing) translated and versified
Ode to Gold 1851
To My Friends Inscribed to the dearest of any
The Mulla, or Wollombi creek, New South Wales
The Two Graves
Erin Dheelish
Memories of Maxwell
My own Epitaph E.H.D.
10. Eliza Hamilton Dunlops Australian Publications
Works Cited
Contributors
Index
Anna Johnston is Associate Professor of English at the University of Queensland. Elizabeth Webby is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Sydney.
