Description |
227 pages ; 21 cm |
Series |
Anglophone Literaturen ; Bd. 1 |
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Anglophone Literaturen ; Bd. 1
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Contents |
A period of transition: fundamental socio-ceonomic changes in Australia since the 1980s / Franz Keil -- The origins of Australian national consciousness / Johannes Voigt -- A new 'Lusiad': Thomas Livingstone Mitchell's Australian epic / Marion Spies -- The making of a myth: Irish convicts, diggers and bushrangers in Australian literature / Norbert Schaffeld -- Multiculturalism as dialogue: Australia's interaction with the literary traditions of the world / Horst Prieβnitz -- The widening of horizons as Australian literature expands / Peter Stummer -- Creating a new literature for a new country: literary criticism and the cultural invention of Australia / Norbert Platz -- Variations of contemporary Australian poetry: 'country poetry' and 'town poetry' / Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp -- 'Stepmother earth': representations of the land as the female other in Australian films / Adi Wimmer |
Summary |
This volume is concerned with the process of deconstructing self-sufficient "Anglo-Australian" national identity, and sheds light on the intense and sustained efforts of Australian writers to contribute to the country's self-definition as a post-colonial and multi-cultural society against the traditional predominance of a "white" British culture that aims at cultural homogeneity. Another focus of the book is on the unique experience of Australian landscape and nature, which has been a major subject of Australian writing since the 19th century, and as a theme has never lost its topicality. --book cover |
Notes |
The nine essays in this volume are identical with, or based on, lectures held in connection with Australien Literarisch - The First Festival of Australian Literature, which was organized by the editors of this volume in Hamburg, Germany, in 1995 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Australian literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society.
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Australian literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Literature and society -- Congresses.
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Author |
Dose, Gerd, 1942-
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Keil, Bettina.
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LC no. |
2001375059 |
ISBN |
3825827968 : |
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