Ian Henderson

Mid-Victorian Reading and the Antipodes

Focusing on a process of reading ‘conscripted’ by Victorian sensation fiction, the article begins ‘by outlining the European tradition of the Antipodes before discussing the…

1 May 2006

Ian Henderson

Treating Dora in His Natural Life

This article concentrates on the characterisation of Dora, the heroine in the serialised version of Clarke novel His Natural Life. The author wants ‘to…

1 May 2003

Ian Henderson

Gender, Genre, and Sybylla’s Performative Identity in Miles Franklin’s ‘My Brilliant Career’

Sybylla Melvyn, narrator of Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career (1901), has troubled readers from the start. William Blackwood, editor, felt impelled to 'tone down' her…

1 October 1997