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This new literary history rethinks the landscapes of Australian literature in an engaging style and takes into account contemporary theories of literature and associated art forms.
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"Recommended for all libraries supporting coursework at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."--Choice "Recommended for all libraries supporting coursework at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."--Choice "Recommended for all libraries supporting coursework at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."--Choice "Recommended for all libraries supporting coursework at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."--Choice
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- PublisherOUP Australia & New Zealand
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0195537378
- ISBN 13 9780195537376
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages496
- EditorBennett Bruce, Strauss Jennifer
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. red cloth, vii, 488 pages, in protective mylar d.j., CONTENTS: Making Literary History: An Introduction Bruce Bennett and Jennifer Strauss ; 1. White on Black/Black on Black / Adam Shoemaker; 2. The 'Settling' of English / Delys Bird; 3,Literary Culture 1851-1914: Founding a Canon / Elizabeth Perkins ;4 Literature and Melodrama / Robert Dixon; 5. National Dress or National Trousers? / Susan K. Martin ;6. Literary Culture 1914-1939: Battlers All / Jennifer Strauss ; 7. Literary Democracy and the Politics of Reputation / Richard Nile ; 8. National Myths of Manhood: Anzacs and Others / Adrian Caesar; 9. Clearing a Space for Australian Literature 1940-1965 / Patrick Buckridge; 10. Fiction in Transition / Carole Ferrier; 11. Poetry and Modernism / Chris Wallace-Crabbe ; 12. Literary Culture since Vietnam: A New Dynamic / Bruce Bennett; 13. Poetry since 1965 / Dennis Haskell ; 14. Drama since 1965 / Helen Thomson; 15. Fiction: Innovation and Ideology / Susan Lever ; 16. Tracking Black Australian Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Literature / Adam Shoemaker ; 17. Film, Television and Literature: Competing for the Nation / Graeme Turner: "The Oxford Literary History of Australia is an up-to-date reference for readers, writers, teachers, and students. The contributors - drawn from a range of backgrounds and geographical locations - rethink the landscapes of Australian literature in an engaging style and take into account contemporary theories of literature and associated art forms. All of them have demonstrated expertise in literary-historical research and a capacity to write clearly and engagingly. Their aim is to produce a highly readable and authoritative reference guide." "The Oxford Literary History of Australia tells many stories. In the opening section the initial phase in the life of language in Australia is explored through the settling-in of English and its interaction with Aboriginal languages. The last section takes up this story again by outlining the unsettling of English in the face of changing technologies, trade and immigration patterns, and institutional pressures." from the book dust jacket. Size: 8 Vo., Seller Inventory # 1124394
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