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Socialist Champion: Portrait of the Gentleman as Crusader
Socialist Champion is a portrait of a man who prided himself on being both a gentlemen and a socialist. His turbulent political career in England ended in 1894 when he moved to Melbourne. His career here was spent being a journalist, book reviewer, bookseller and publisher. Henry Hyde Champion lived from 1859-1929.
376 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
About the author
John Barnes
8 books3 followersJohn Barnes (1931) is Emeritus Professor of English at La Trobe University, where he taught for 25 years specializing in Australian literature. In addition to his recent book La Trobe; Traveller Writer Governor (2017), he has previously written two biographies: The order of Things: A Life of Joseph Furphy (1990), and Socialist Champion: Portrait of the Gentleman as Crusader (2006).
Other books include: Joseph Furphy (1963); The Writer in Australia: A Collection of Literary Documents 1856-1964 (1969); Henry Kingsley and Colonial Fiction (1971); The Penguin Henry Lawson: Short Stories (in print since 1986): and (with Andrew Furphy) FURPHY: The Water Cart and the Word (2005). He was founding editor of Meridian: The La Trobe University English Review, and editor of the La Trobe Journal.
His current project is a book of literary reminiscences, Partial Portraits.
Other books include: Joseph Furphy (1963); The Writer in Australia: A Collection of Literary Documents 1856-1964 (1969); Henry Kingsley and Colonial Fiction (1971); The Penguin Henry Lawson: Short Stories (in print since 1986): and (with Andrew Furphy) FURPHY: The Water Cart and the Word (2005). He was founding editor of Meridian: The La Trobe University English Review, and editor of the La Trobe Journal.
His current project is a book of literary reminiscences, Partial Portraits.
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