Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy ( born September 26, 1843 Melbourne suburb Yering, † September 13, 1912 ) was an Australian writer. He is regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". Furphy wrote mostly under the pseudonym Tom Collins.

Life

His father, a sharecropper, had emigrated in 1840 from Tande Ragee in Ireland to Australia. Joseph Furphys popularity could the use of Australian slang word furphy ( great story ) have influenced. The scholars consider it likely, however, that the word of the company J. Furphy & Sons, which belonged to Joseph's brother John and carts manufactured in large quantities is derived.

1905 Furphy moved to Western Australia, where his sons lived. He built a house in Swanbourne, a suburb of Perth, which is now the headquarters of the Western Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Artistic creation

His most famous work is search is Life, a fictional account of the life of the rural population, including bullock drivers, squatters and itinerant travelers, in southern New South Wales and Victoria during the 1880s. The book contains a series of loosely connected stories of different people who meet the narrator during his visit to the country. At times, the prose is difficult to understand because Furphy used Australian slang and attempts to convey the accents of the Scottish and Chinese personalities. Nevertheless, this novel offers an insight into the character of the rural population in the late 19th century. The title search is Life was allegedly derived from Ned Kelly's last words.