Format:
1 Online-Ressource (145 p)
ISBN:
9781743054048
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
9781743054444
Additional Edition:
Print version Vernay, Jean-François A Brief Take on the Australian Novel Mile End : Wakefield Press,c2016 9781743054048
Language:
English
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