Marcus Clarke

The Tichborne case provided Marcus Clarke with the material of John Rex's impersonation of Richard Devine in His Natural Life Arthur Orton, a butcher…

For the Term of His Natural Life has proved by the test of time to be one of the most popular Australian novels, but it…

James Erskine Calder's brief correspondence with Sir George Grey, noticed by Bruce Ncsbitt in an earlier issue of Australian Literary Studies, consists of half…

Stuart shows how Clarke's celebrated description the 1873 Melbourne Cup in the Herald was taken directly from that of the Chester Cup in Clarke's first…

Poole examines the changes to the character of Mrs Frere when Marcus Clarke shortened the serial version of His Natural Life for book publication. Apart…

Hergenhan reveals that after Clarke shortened the serial version of For The Term of His Natural Life for book publication a theme of redemption was…

Poole and Wilding provide an annotated bibliography of Clarke's contributions to Notes and Queries, the long-running journal of English literature and language scholarship. Clarke…

In November 1879 the first issue of the Victorian Review carried an article by Marcus Clarke, 'Civilization without Delusion', in which Clarke discussed the role…

Irvin examines Marcus Clarke's dramatic works, placing his career within a broader context of 19th century Australian theatre and its criticism.

Boehm examines the sources of most characters and events to show how far Clarke departed from the records he read in preparation for writing His…

Denholm lists primary sources that may have inspired Marcus Clarke's depiction of Port Arthur in For the Term of His Natural Life.

Marcus Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life is one of the best and has proved one of the most enduringly popular of all…

It is rare for a nineteenth-century Australian writer to be the subject of such a distinguished and theoretically sophisticated monograph as McCann's. To demonstrate that…

McDonald attempts to show how Clarke’s narrative technique reconciles naturalistic and melodramatic elements. The use of a shifting narrative perspective enables Rufus Dawes to be…

Stewart discusses the economic condition and patronage of writers and the literary marketplace in colonial Australia, focusing particularly on the tropes of the 'Neglected Writer'…

In recent times Marcus Clarke has been appreciated not simply as a one-book writer but also for the extent and variety of his writing; for…

In recent times Marcus Clarke has been appreciated not simply as a one-book writer but also for the extent and variety of his writing; for…

Discusses an American novel, Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America, set during the Boston uprising of 1689. Written by Rufus Dawes, Innes suggests…

Abraham finds a number of clear references to alchemy in the serial version of His Natural Life, and, connecting these with biographical evidence, argues…