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From introduction : 'The tales and sketches contained in this volume consist chiefly of republished magazine stories illustrative of Melbourne life, though several others dealing with external localities are included'.
Notes
A brief note in the Sydney Morning Herald states that Dead Men's Tales 'has almost passed through its first edition. It has received many favourable notices in the English, American and colonial press.'
Source: SMH, 3/9/1898, p.4.
Contents
* Contents derived from the Melbourne,Victoria,:George Robertson,1898 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Negotiating the Colonial Australian Popular Fiction ArchiveKen Gelder,
2011single work criticism — Appears in:
JASAL,Special Issuevol.
11no.
12011;(p. 1-12)'There is an identifiable 'archive' of colonial Australian popular fiction consisting of
romance, adventure fiction, Gothic fiction, crime fiction, Lemurian fantasy and a
significant number of related subgenres (bushranger fiction, convict romance, Pacific
or 'South Sea' adventure, tropical romance, 'lost explorer' stories, and so on).
Looking at this archive soon reveals both its sheer size and range, and the fact that so
little of it is remembered today. Rachael Weaver, Ailie Smith and I have begun to
build a digital archive of colonial Australian popular fiction with the primary aim of
making this material available to an interested reading public, as well as to scholars
specialising in colonial Australian (and transnational) literary studies. At the time of
writing we are really only about 20% complete with around 500 authors represented
on the site, although many with only a fraction of their work uploaded and with only
the bare bones of a scholarly apparatus around them: a few short biographical notes, a
bibliography, and the texts themselves: first editions in most cases.' (Author's introduction, p. 1)
Reviews1898single work review — Appears in:
The Mercury,18 June1898;(p. 4) — Review of
Dead Men's TalesCharles Junor,
1898selected work short story
Publications Received1898single work review — Appears in:
The Queenslander,16 April1898;(p. 739) — Review of
Dead Men's TalesCharles Junor,
1898selected work short story A very brief review that recommends it not be read by readers with 'nerves' or 'of tender years'.
Publications Received1898single work review — Appears in:
The Queenslander,16 April1898;(p. 739) — Review of
Dead Men's TalesCharles Junor,
1898selected work short story A very brief review that recommends it not be read by readers with 'nerves' or 'of tender years'.
Reviews1898single work review — Appears in:
The Mercury,18 June1898;(p. 4) — Review of
Dead Men's TalesCharles Junor,
1898selected work short story
Negotiating the Colonial Australian Popular Fiction ArchiveKen Gelder,
2011single work criticism — Appears in:
JASAL,Special Issuevol.
11no.
12011;(p. 1-12)'There is an identifiable 'archive' of colonial Australian popular fiction consisting of
romance, adventure fiction, Gothic fiction, crime fiction, Lemurian fantasy and a
significant number of related subgenres (bushranger fiction, convict romance, Pacific
or 'South Sea' adventure, tropical romance, 'lost explorer' stories, and so on).
Looking at this archive soon reveals both its sheer size and range, and the fact that so
little of it is remembered today. Rachael Weaver, Ailie Smith and I have begun to
build a digital archive of colonial Australian popular fiction with the primary aim of
making this material available to an interested reading public, as well as to scholars
specialising in colonial Australian (and transnational) literary studies. At the time of
writing we are really only about 20% complete with around 500 authors represented
on the site, although many with only a fraction of their work uploaded and with only
the bare bones of a scholarly apparatus around them: a few short biographical notes, a
bibliography, and the texts themselves: first editions in most cases.' (Author's introduction, p. 1)
