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dc.contributor.authorGenoni, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:36:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:36:37Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:14Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.citationGenoni, Paul. 1999. The Post-colonial Explorer: Rodney Hall's "The Second Bridegroom". Westerly 44 (1): 14-26.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33347
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This article preovides a postcolonial reading of Rodney Hall's novel, "The Second Bridegroom". In a number of his novels Rodney Hall has engaged in a re-examination of Australian history through an interrogation of alternative experiences of the process of discovery and settlement. In particular he finds in the myths and facts of nineteenth century exploration, with their constant reiteration of the gulf which separated desire from fulfilment, an adequate representation of the difficulty faced by post-colonial societies in feeling at ease in their new homeland. Hall's fiction brings a post-colonial sensibility to bear on the story of the discovery and exploration of Australia. By doing so, he continues the exploration of his homeland and the task of completing the tantalisingly unfinished maps of its spiritual terrain.

dc.subjectRodney Hall
dc.subjectexplorers in literature
dc.subjectconvicts in literature
dc.subjectAustralian exploration
dc.titleThe Post-colonial Explorer: Rodney Hall's "The Second Bridegroom"
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume44
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage14
dcterms.source.endPage26
dcterms.source.titleWesterly
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Material from this article is included in revised form in the book "Subverting the Empire: Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction"

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Originally published in the journal Westerly as:

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Genoni, Dr Paul (1999) The Post-colonial Explorer: Rodney Hall's "The Second Bridegroom"., Westerly 44 (1):14-26.

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Link to the journal website at http://westerly.uwa.edu.au/

curtin.identifierEPR-978
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDivision of Humanities
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture
curtin.facultyDepartment of Media and Information
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)


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