The Cambridge history of Australian literature / edited by Peter Pierce.

Other author Pierce, Peter, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionx, 612 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects
Australian literature--History and criticism.

Portion of title History of Australian literature
Portion of title Australian literature.
Contents From European imaginings of Australia to the end of the colonial period. Britain's Australia / Ken Stewart -- Beginnings of literature in colonial Australia / Elizabeth Webby -- Early writings by indigenous Australians / Penny Van Toorn -- Australian colonial poetry, 1788-1888 : claiming the future, restoring the past / Vivian Smith -- No place for a book? Fiction in Australia to 1890 / Tanya Dalziell -- Romantic aftermaths / Richard Lansdown -- From the late nineteenth century to 1950. Australia's Australia / Peter Pierce -- Short story, 1890's to 1950 / Bruce Bennett -- Australian drama, 1850-1950 / Peter Fitzpatrick -- Poetry, popular culture and modernity, 1890-1950 / Peter Fitzpatrick -- Australian fiction and the world republic of letters, 1890-1950 / Robert Dixon -- Australia's England, 1880-1950 / Peter Morton -- Traverses. Australian children's literature / Clare Bradford -- Representations of Asia / Robin Gerster -- Autobiography / David McCooey -- Intersections of history and fiction / Brian Matthews -- From 1950 to nearly now. Publishing, patronage and cultural politics, institutional changes in the field of Australian literature from 1950's / David Carter -- Theatre from 1950 / Katharine Brisbane -- Short story since 1950 / Stephen Torre -- Post - 1950 Australian poetry / Dennis Haskell -- Groups and mavericks / John Kinsella -- Challenge of the novel : Australian fiction since 1950 / Susan Lever -- Novel, the implicated reader and Australian literature cultures, 1950-2008 / Richard Nile and Jason Ensor -- Nation, literature, location / Philip Mead.
Abstract Draws on scholarship from leading figures in the field and spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, indigenous and migrant literatures, as well as representations of Asia and the Pacific and the role of literary culture in modern Australian society.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 568-584) and index.
LCCN 2009674568
ISBN9780521881654
ISBN052188165X

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Joyner General Stacks PR9604.6 .C36 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold