Editorial Introduction and "Pre-Raphaelitism and Australia"

Authors

  • Meg Tasker Federation University (Ballarat)
  • Alison Inglis University of Melbourne

Abstract

Overview of the origins and contents of the issue, Acknowledgements, and a short essay providing an overview of the study of Pre-Raphaelitism in Australia.

Author Biographies

  • Meg Tasker, Federation University (Ballarat)
    Victorianist at large, although still affiliated with Federation University (Ballarat), where I taught Victorian literature, Gothic Genres, poetry and poetics, Australian literature and culture, and supervised a diverse range of postgrad degrees, including several by creative work plus exegesis.
  • Alison Inglis, University of Melbourne

    Associate Professor, Art History

    University of Melbourne

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2019-06-09