Feminine transports and transformations : textual performances of Australian women convicts and emigrants from 1788 to 1850

While scholars have critiqued early representations of the white colonial female in the form of the novel, short story, or historical narrative, analyses of poetry tend to be located only on that produced in Australia and often in light of a nascent national identity. This article examines how poetic renditions of the desolate woman might be viewed as part of imperialism\u27s mythologising process, displacing more worrying versions of womanhood in relation to the new colonies. While social anxieties over the identity of the white colonial female would result in highly controlled productions of the female convict and female emigrant, this article demonstrates how they also prove unstable and point to a disruptive reality beyond language.<br /

An uncanny vernacular : comparing the radical modernisms of Lorine Niedecker and Lesbia Harford

The article demonstrates the similarity in the ways poets Lesbia Harford and Lorine Niedecker explored radical modernism. It notes the formal and thematic resemblances between the poets\u27 writing and careers. It cites their uncanniness of poetics as an indicator of the effective global dissemination and specific political and aesthetic applications of Marxist ideologies in the early 20th century. The poets\u27 attention to and resistance to the limitations of a gendered agency are also discussed.<br /

Dementia, Ageism and the Limits of Critique in Thea Astley’s Satire

This essay examines how Thea Astley mobilises satire as a vehicle to counter ageism and the stigma surrounding dementia, particularly in its gendered inflections. It argues that Astley explores the limits of critique in later work like Coda, seeking to represent the continuing sense of personhood in the face of challenges to female independence while countering negative narratives of decline through humour. &nbsp

Crossing geographies, crossing languages

This book is of pivotal importance to the development of women\u27s poetry in America and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike

New feelings: modernism, intimacy, and emotion

Since the special Criticallnquily issue on "Intimacy" edited by Lauren Berlant in 1998, there has been increasing interest in the relationship between feelings, attachment, and the aesthetic. Berlant sees intimacy as associated with "zones of familiarity and comfort," as well as particular forms of relationship: "friendship, the couple, and the family form, animated by expressive and emancipating kinds of love.

Feminine Transports and Transformations: Textual Performances of Women Convicts and Emigrants to Australia from 1788 to 1850

While scholars have critiqued early representations of the white colonial female in the form of the novel, short story, or historical narrative, analyses of poetry tend to be located only on that produced in Australia and often in light of a nascent national identity. This article examines how poetic renditions of the desolate woman might be viewed as part of imperialism's mythologising process, displacing more worrying versions of womanhood in relation to the new colonies. While social anxieties over the identity of the white colonial female would result in highly controlled productions of the female convict and female emigrant, this article demonstrates how they also prove unstable and point to a disruptive reality beyond language

From 'Girl-Gladness' to 'Honied Madness': pleasure and the girl in the poetry of Zora Cross

This paper traces the popularity of Zora Cross's Songs of Love and Life and its mixed critical reception in light of social investments surrounding the figure of the 'girl'