Mateship and egalitarianism in Henry Lawson’s short stories

Auteurs

  • Déborah Scheidt Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

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https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v23i45.33569

Mots-clés:

Mateship. Egalitarianism. Henry Lawson. Australian short stories.

Résumé

Mateship is an important element of the so-called “Australian Tradition” in literature. It consists of a particular bond between men who travel the rural areas known as “the bush” or “the outback”. This article examines some of Henry Lawson’s mateship stories, with a focus on the different connotations that the term can assume for the author, especially regarding the theme of egalitarianism. It considers how the Bulletin Magazine, which “discovered” Lawson and published many of his stories, had a role in fostering a special model of Australian democracy and a peculiar style for Australian literature. It also reflects on how the dissemination of Lawson’s stories through periodicals in the last decades of the 19th century helped create a feeling of what Benedict Anderson calls “nation-ness”.

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Original in English.

 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2018n45a1057.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Déborah Scheidt, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Deborah Scheidt is a Professor of Literatures in English with the Department of Language Studies (DEEL) at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG), PR, Brazil. Her main interests are Literatures in English, especially Australian literature and comparative literature.

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Publiée

2018-04-30

Comment citer

Scheidt, D. (2018). Mateship and egalitarianism in Henry Lawson’s short stories. Gragoatá, 23(45), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v23i45.33569

Numéro

Vol. 23 No 45 (2018): Literatura e Democracia

Rubrique

Artigos de Literatura

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