The Quest For Love and Identity in Marcus Clarke’s His Natural Life

Authors

  • Suzie Gibson University of New England

Keywords:

Folkloristics,

Abstract

Marcus Clarke’s For The Term of His Natural Life (1874) has been is described as ‘the best novel produced in nineteenth-century Australia.’ Such a claim is reasonable because, at the time, Australian literature was but a fledgling and emerging phenomenon. However, the assertion could. Arguably, be also extended to include twenty and twenty-first century Australian literature, since the novel’s efficacy has not been diluted by time.

Author Biography

Suzie Gibson, University of New England

c/- English Discipline, School of Arts, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351

References

Bauman, Richard, Story, Performance and Event: Contextual Studies in Oral Narrative (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986).

Booner, Simon J., Creativity and Tradition in Folklore: New Directions (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1992).

Clarke, Marcus, For the Term of His Natural Life: Complete and Unabridged (South Yarra, Vic: Lloyd O’Neill Publishing, 1983).

Cyril Hopkins’ Marcus Clarke, ed. by Laurie Hergenhan, Ken Stewart, and Michael Wilding (North Melbourne, Vic: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2009).

Elliot, Brian, Marcus Clarke (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958).

Hergenhan, Laurie, Unnatural Lives: Studies in Australia Convict Fiction (St Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1993).

Wilding, Michael, Marcus Clarke (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977).

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Published

2010-11-05

Issue

Vol. 25 (2010): A Celebratory Issue

Section

Studies in Australian Folklore

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