Henry Kingsley

INFORMATION about early colonial literary personalities is almost always hard to get, and in the case of Henry Kingsley who was nearly five years in…

Hergenhan reads and compares contemporary reviews of Geoffry Hamlin, noting differences in the novel's reception between Australian and English reviews.

Discusses the perception of a division in Australian society between those who followed the English model and pattern and those who adopted differing manners of…

Scheuerle argues that the romantic attitudes found in Geoffry Hamlyn reflect Kingsley’s “boyish joviality” which enabled him to create characters and a story of “vigorous…

This paper examines Henry Kingsley's critical reception and his uncertain position in nineteenth century literary history. Wellings examines elements of Ravenshoe otherwise not accounted for…

Horner examines the use of the Australian setting as a romantic device to demonstrate the artisic quality of the novel. Kingsley’s use of the Australian…

Filed in the manuscripts section of the Mitchell Library are nine very interesting watercolour paintings by Henry Kingsley. They were referred to briefly by Brian…

Brian Elliott's article, 'The Composition of Geoffry Hamlyn: The Legend and the Facts', (Australian Literary Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, May 1968) has…

Mellick provides some details of Henry Kingsley's time in Australia.

There are now ten edited collections in print in the Portable Australian Authors series (general editor, Laurie Hergenhan), of which seven are gatherings of colonial…

The biographer of Henry Kingsley begins with a dilemma, more marked if he is an Australian writer. We all recognize that Kingsley is an English…

Argues that Henry Kingsley, whose nephew had claimed that he served for some time in the Australian Mounted Police, may have considered joining, but “learned…

Where did Henry Kingsley work or get acquainted with cattle while he was in Australia? The question arises from a close look at one of…