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Title: | The Prose Style of Henry Kingsley: Review of 'Travelling in Victoria', Henry Kingsley, originally published in 'Macmillan's Magazine', December 1860 | Contributor(s): | Ryan, John S (author) | Publication Date: | 1976 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11262 | Abstract: | This essay is typical of the prose of Henry Kingsley before the decline in both his fortunes and his fluency. It was originally put to paper about 1858 and, doubtless, embellished for its appearance in the house magazine of his publisher. Its tone is one of jolly reportage, of news from a frontier still open, and yet of concern at what may be happening there, notably in his prediction of the likely fate of the aborigines as the mining overtakes their territory. His ear for language is clear, as he records: 'bowie knives' (140a), 'kootooing' (140b), 'Kauri pine' (141b), 'taking a run home' (141b), 'exceeding green new chums' (142b), 'cabbage-tree hats' (143a), 'the store, or village shop' (147a), "wooden nutmeg" (147b), 'the lead' of gold bearing rock (148a), (149a), or the mining 'holes' (149b) and a 'full corroborry' (150a), or the calling of 'Coo'ee' (150b). He also savours all place names, from the appropriateness of 'Fiery Creek', to the beauty of 'Laningeryn', or the hideous nature of 'Tuckerimbid'. The peculiar zest for life, which his Australian materials manifest, is apparent in his delight in all men, in nature, and in all creatures, and from his savouring the little incidents which he makes into genre pieces, such as colonial behaviour in boarding trains, the upsetting of the dray, or the behaviour of miners. | Publication Type: | Review | Source of Publication: | Armidale and District Historical Society Journal and Proceedings (19), p. 62-63 | Publisher: | Armidale and District Historical Society | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 0084-6732 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200503 British and Irish Literature 160402 Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography 200502 Australian Literature (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950199 Arts and Leisure not elsewhere classified 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society 961306 Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Forest and Woodlands Environments |
HERDC Category Description: | D3 Review of Single Work |
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