Title
White Settler / Big City: Mimicry in the Metropolis in Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This essay discusses Fergus Hume's 19th-century detective novel "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." The primary focus is on the novel's setting, which features descriptions of British colonialism in Australia and New Zealand. The imagery of a frontier wilderness inhabited by scandalous adventurers, vicious convicts and corrupt rich people is discussed.
Publication Date
12-1-2008
Recommended Citation
Kipperman, Mark. "White Settler / Big City: Mimicry in the Metropolis in Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature, Volume 22: Issue 2 (December 2008), pp. 129-136.
Original Citation
Kipperman, Mark. "White Settler / Big City: Mimicry in the Metropolis in Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature, Volume 22: Issue 2 (December 2008), pp. 129-136.
Legacy Department
Department of English
Language
eng
Publisher
American Association of Australian Literary Studies
