| Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
| Contents |
About the author; Title page; Imprint; Contents; Inserts; Teaser; Sneak Preview; Trailer; Prologue; CHAPTER 1-The Colonial Period: Exploration, Confrontation and Description (1831-1874); CHAPTER 2-'A literature born of the land': The Emergence of a National Consciousness (1875-1900); CHAPTER 3-The Ebb and Flow of History: Detachment and Engagement (1901-1950); CHAPTER 4-Exploited and Manipulated Reality (1951-1965); CHAPTER 5-Literature of Minorities in a Cosmopolitan Era (1966-1980); CHAPTER 6-Postmodernism and New Tendencies (1981 onwards); Epilogue; SPECIAL FEATURE-Documentaries |
| Summary |
Grab the popcorn, sit back and let the story of Australian literature roll ... This book offers a sweeping view of Australian writing since colonialism. Written from an outsider's perspective, this single-authored overview will appeal to readers through its playful, jargon-free and potentially contentious account of the Australian novel |
| Notes |
SPECIAL FEATURE-BonusWakefield Press |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian literature -- History and criticism
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Novelists, Australian.
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Australian literature
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Novelists, Australian
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743054437 |
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1743054432 |
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9781743054444 |
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1743054440 |
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