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Issue Details: First known date: 1857... 1857 The Month : A Literary and Critical Journal
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Monthly periodical founded by a literary group which included James Lionel Michael, Richard Rowe, Edward Reeve, Frank Fowler, J. Sheridan Moore and N. D. Stenhouse. The Month published articles on general and literary topics, reports of lectures and meetings, theatrical reviews, short paragraphs of comment and included advertisements.

Notes

  • RANGE: Vol. 1, no 1 July (1857)- Vol. 3. no 6 Nov.(1858).
  • FREQUENCY: Monthly
  • Also issued as a cumulated edition

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,: London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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J. L. Cole ,Simpkin, Marshall , 1860 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Arthur Owen: An Autobiography, Richard Rowe , single work novel
Ann Mari-Jordens describes the novel as a 'vivid "autobiography" of a deformed Welsh boy; ... (The Stenhouse Circle: Literary Life in Mid-Nineteenth Century Sydney (1979):57)
Note: In the 1860 complete edition, the novel appears in v.1, pp.121-127;186-196;248-255;304-311 and v.2 pp. 6-7;132-139;181-190;269-276.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1857

Works about this Work

Hostilities Between The Month and the Empire, 1857-8 Robert Dixon , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 394-416)
Note Charles Harpur , 1858 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 May 1858; (p. 2)
In 1858 Charles Harpur was drawn into an argument with Frank Fowler, the editor of the Month : A Literary and Critical Journal. J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 226 writes that 'Harpur had allowed himself to be inveigled into the position of defending as poetry the writings of Henry Parkes. In doing so he chose to see the issue as one between colonists [Harpur] and immigrants [Fowler]...' Harpur wrote a Note with an accompanying poem published in the Empire (9 March 1858) which was commented on by Fowler in the pages of the Month. Harpur continued the argument with this Note in the 28 May 1858 issue of the Empire published with a version of his poem A Rhyme.
Note The Nevers of Poesy Charles Harpur , 1858 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 9 March no. 2238 1858; (p. 4-5)

In 1858 Charles Harpur was drawn into an argument with Frank Fowler, the editor of the Month : A Literary and Critical Journal. J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 226 writes that 'Harpur had allowed himself to be inveigled into the position of defending as poetry the writings of Henry Parkes. In doing so he chose to see the issue as one between colonists [Harpur] and immigrants [Fowler]...'

Harpur states in the column 'Mr. Fowler has come hither ... for the express purpose of founding for us natives a national literature, on a critical basis ; and ... I have thus put forth this particular piece [The Nevers of Poetry] ... as my contribution to the canonical foundation of it ...'

A version of Harpur's poem The Nevers of Poetry is published as part of the article. Four footnotes, all signed C. H., follow the poem and continue the argument.

Note The Nevers of Poesy Charles Harpur , 1858 single work column
— Appears in: The Empire , 9 March no. 2238 1858; (p. 4-5)

In 1858 Charles Harpur was drawn into an argument with Frank Fowler, the editor of the Month : A Literary and Critical Journal. J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 226 writes that 'Harpur had allowed himself to be inveigled into the position of defending as poetry the writings of Henry Parkes. In doing so he chose to see the issue as one between colonists [Harpur] and immigrants [Fowler]...'

Harpur states in the column 'Mr. Fowler has come hither ... for the express purpose of founding for us natives a national literature, on a critical basis ; and ... I have thus put forth this particular piece [The Nevers of Poetry] ... as my contribution to the canonical foundation of it ...'

A version of Harpur's poem The Nevers of Poetry is published as part of the article. Four footnotes, all signed C. H., follow the poem and continue the argument.

Note Charles Harpur , 1858 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 May 1858; (p. 2)
In 1858 Charles Harpur was drawn into an argument with Frank Fowler, the editor of the Month : A Literary and Critical Journal. J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 226 writes that 'Harpur had allowed himself to be inveigled into the position of defending as poetry the writings of Henry Parkes. In doing so he chose to see the issue as one between colonists [Harpur] and immigrants [Fowler]...' Harpur wrote a Note with an accompanying poem published in the Empire (9 March 1858) which was commented on by Fowler in the pages of the Month. Harpur continued the argument with this Note in the 28 May 1858 issue of the Empire published with a version of his poem A Rhyme.
Hostilities Between The Month and the Empire, 1857-8 Robert Dixon , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 394-416)

Has serialised

Arthur Owen: An Autobiography, Richard Rowe , single work novel
Ann Mari-Jordens describes the novel as a 'vivid "autobiography" of a deformed Welsh boy; ... (The Stenhouse Circle: Literary Life in Mid-Nineteenth Century Sydney (1979):57)
Charles Wotton ; Or, Bush Life in Australia, Charles Wotton , single work novella
Charles Wotton ; Or, Bush Life in Australia, Charles Wotton , single work novella
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