Pendragon
The life of George Isaacs, colonial wordsmith
When the colonial writer George Isaacs died in Adelaide on Valentine's Day 1876, he was quickly dispatched to the West Terrace Cemetery and buried without pomp. His grave was unmarked by a stone, his memory damned for posterity by the obituary soon published in the South Australian Register labelling him 'a thorough Bohemian'. Such was the end of the overlooked author of the first novel published in South Australia.Whether writing under his own name or that of his apt pseudonym, 'A. Pendragon', Isaacs captured the dynamic atmosphere of his era in his written works, but did not fit comfortably into colonial society. Set apart by an unconventio…
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- ISBN: 978-1-74305-709-4
- EAN: 9781743057094
- Produktnummer: 34418245
- Verlag: Wakefield Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 440 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 440
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