The Black or Unfair Image: The Babington Letter as a Sonnet

Authors

  • Michael Farrell Melbourne University

Keywords:

Ned Kelly, letter, sonnet, bushrangers

Abstract

This paper interprets Ned Kelly's letter to Sergeant Babington, written when Kelly was fifteen, as a sonnet. This opens up the text to a range of meanings inaccessible to a reading of it as a conventional message.

Author Biography

Michael Farrell, Melbourne University

Michael Farrell recently submitted an M.A. thesis on 'The Billycan in Australian Poetry' at University of Melbourne. He has published three books: ode ode (Salt, 2002), BREAK ME OUCH (3 Deep, 2006) and a raiders guide (Giramondo, 2007).

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Published

2008-06-17

Issue

Vol. 8 (2008)

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