Tasmanian convict saga gets skilful update from Rachel Leary
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A review of "Bridget Crack" written by Rachel Leary, published by Allen & Unwin. There’s a long tradition in Tasmanian literature of the gothic convict saga. In fact, Tasmanians do the convict novel better than anyone. We have a wealth of mythology, trope and imagery on which to draw and an outsized sense of our own past, a past that’s visible in the architecture wherever you go on the island. Our best known book, Marcus Clarke’s For the Term of His Natural Life, provided the template and writers have iterated on it down the generations. Think particularly of Richard Butler, Bryce Courtenay, Christopher Koch and Richard Flanagan. Now Rachel Leary has provided us with a contemporary, skilful update on the dustier of these traditions in her new novel Bridget Crack...
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| ID Code: | 111924 | ||
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Newspaper, Magazine or Website (Book/Film/Article Review) | ||
| Refereed: | No | ||
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| Keywords: | Bridget Crack, Convict fiction, Rachel Leary, Tasmanian Gothic | ||
| ISSN: | 1038-8761 | ||
| Pure ID: | 87489101 | ||
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty | ||
| Copyright Owner: | 2017 The Australian | ||
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| Deposited On: | 05 Oct 2017 01:22 | ||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2024 07:47 |
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