AustLit
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Professor Gillian Whitlock identified the proliferation and diversity of Australian anthologies published in the 1980s and 1990s. The following tables, which were compiled from the AustLit database, involve both short fiction anthologies and literary anthologies (anthologies which involve literary criticism). Poetry anthologies and mixed anthologies (short stories and poetry) were not included in the survey.
The first table categorises the anthologies examined during the project (figures from the 1970s are included for comparative purposes), while the second provides an overview of Australian short story and literary anthologies published since the 1800s.
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Categories of Anthologies, 1980s & 1990s
1970s 1980s 1990s Number of anthologies 90 300 615 Trade Publishers 30% 28% 20% Regional focus 11% 18% 30% National focus 22% 22% 30% Woman-centred 1.5% 9% 8% Multicultural 5% 6% 9% Indigenous 5% 1.5% 6% Woman/women editors 16% 40% 40% Writing communities (guilds, collectives and fellowships) 7% 16% 25% Young Adult 5% 4% 16% Generational 9% 5% 22% -
Table of Anthologies
Decade Total Anthologies Literary Anthologies 1800-1899 29 5 1900-1909 9 3 1910-1919 13 2 1920-1929 7 5 1930-1939 17 8 1940-1949 30 11 1950-1959 21 14 1960-1969 67 34 1970-1979 99 40 1980-1989 300 104 1990-1999 615 194 2000-2008 354 174 Note: Literary anthologies featured short fiction.
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