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'Percy Bysshe Shelley once described poets as the 'unacknowledged legislators of the world'. If this is true, Australian political scientists have shown curiously little interest in the role that literary figures play in the nation's political life.
'Novel Politics takes the relationship between literature and politics seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a classic text about Australian society. These authors bridge the history of local writing, from pre-Federation colonial Australia (Catherine Spence, Rosa Praed and Catherine Martin) to the contemporary moment (Tim Winton, Christos Tsiolkas and Kim Scott). Novel Politics unpicks the many political threads woven into these books, as they document the social world as it exists, while suggesting new possibilities for the nation's future. As political commentators of a particular kind, all six authors offer unique insights into the deeper roots of politics in Australia, beyond the theatre of parliament and out into the wider social world, as imagined by its dreamers and criticised by its most incisive discontents.'(Publication summary)
Contents
- Catherine Spence's Clara Morison, single work criticism
- Rosa Praed's Policy and Passion, single work criticism
- Catherine Martin's An Australian Girl, single work criticism
- Tim Winton's Dirt Music, single work criticism
- Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap, single work criticism
- Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance and Taboo, single work criticism
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Deeper Truths
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , April 2020;
— Review of Novel Politics : Studies in Australian Political Fiction 2020 multi chapter work criticism'What can novels tell us about how political ideas circulate?'
-
Deeper Truths
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , April 2020;
— Review of Novel Politics : Studies in Australian Political Fiction 2020 multi chapter work criticism'What can novels tell us about how political ideas circulate?'
- Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever 1854 single work novel
- Policy and Passion 1881 single work review
- An Australian Girl 1890 single work novel
- Dirt Music 2001 single work novel
- The Slap 2008 single work novel
- That Deadman Dance 2010 single work novel
- Taboo 2017 single work novel