The Uses of Literacy in Colonial Australia

The Uses of Literacy in Colonial AustraliaRelying on autobiographical documents, this book analyses what Australians read in the 19th century, as well as what they wrote, in terms of personal and everyday, non literary writings. It emphasises the Britishness of colonial society, without forgetting specifically Australian inflections of readers responses. Australian reading embraced wide ranging tastes.

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Editorial notes and an interpretive essay show the development of Winch’s thinking over time and situate the manuscripts within the broader context of Winch’s work

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Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts

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the essays here are a window into the more personal and communal aspects of the fan experience

gender representation

The manuscript is of particular interest in that it appears to have been used in the playhouse over a considerable period of time and contains what seems to be evidence of the theatre practice of the time

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it brings the highbrow and the popular into conversation