Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11188
Title: The Several Styles Used in 'Robbery Under Arms'
Contributor(s): Ryan, John S  (author)
Publication Date: 1970
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11188
Abstract: This novel is often dismissed as "an unimaginative romance largely attractive to adolescents", but both its claims to literary distinction and its value to the linguist derive from its several styles and indicate that its classic status is deserved and likely to increase. Its linguistic value is based on the fact that the book provides us with a text of upwards of 220,000 words, and that, unlike the writer's less accessible diaries and autobiographic pieces, it offers a unique documentation of colloquial English language in Australia in the mid 19th century. It surpasses the prose of Alexander Harris in its use of slang, colloquialisms, popular ecological and occupational terms.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AULLA Conference 1969: 7th Congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, Perth, Australia, 5th - 12th February, 1969
Source of Publication: Proceedings and Papers of the Twelfth Congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, p. 412-414
Publisher: Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association
Place of Publication: New South Wales, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160205 Police Administration, Procedures and Practice
160303 Migration
160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
940201 Civics and Citizenship
940403 Criminal Justice
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
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