| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) |
| Contents |
Two centuries of popular Australian fiction / Toni Johnson-Woods -- From British domination to multinational conglomeration? : a revised history of Australian novel publishing, 1950 to 2007 / Katherine Bode -- Britishness and Australian popular fiction : from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries / Hsu-Ming Teo -- Heart strings and hip pocket : Garth Nix's writings for children, young adults and adults / Alice Mills -- The wide brown land and the big smoke : the setting of Australian popular romance / Juliet Flesch -- Issues of class and gender in Australian crime fiction : from the 1950s to today / Rachel Franks -- The Australian horror novel since 1950 / James Doig -- The fiction of the future : Australian science fiction / Russell Blackford -- Crikey it's bromance : a history of Australian pulp westerns / Toni Johnson-Woods -- The cultural economy of the Australian comic book industry, 1950-1985 / Kevin Patrick -- Armchair tourism : the popularity of Australian travel writing / Richard White -- Available to the millions : sports writing in Australia / Bernard Whimpress |
| Summary |
Australian genre fiction writers have successfully exploited the Australian landscape and peoples and as a result their books are today ""sold by the millions"" across boundaries. They have created stories that are imaginative, visionary, and diverse. They |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Australian fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Popular literature -- Australia -- History and criticism
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Best sellers -- Australia
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Electronic books
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Australian fiction
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Best sellers
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Popular literature
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnson-Woods, Toni.
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Sarwal, Amit.
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| ISBN |
1443835986 |
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9781443835985 |
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1283436698 |
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9781283436694 |
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