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From Outback to City : Changing Preoccupations in Australian Literature of the Twentieth Century
anthology
From Outback to City : Changing Preoccupations in Australian Literature of the Twentieth Century
anthology
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First known date:
1988...
1988
From Outback to City : Changing Preoccupations in Australian Literature of the Twentieth Century
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Introduction: "the mythology of life in the outback ... has been powerful and persistent." These essays "interrogate the mythologising by which a society resolves in fantasy contradictions which persist in reality."
Contents
* Contents derived from the
New York (City),
New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),c
Americas,:American Association of Australian Literary Studies (AAALS)
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
Dialectic of Many and One : City and Outback in Patrick White's Fiction,
single work
criticism
(p. 3-13)
Traces the evolution of ambivalent attitudes towards outback and city from the white exploration and settlement of Australia and, through ...analysis of White's work, assesses their implications for contemporary writers." (Introduction)
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Sydney and the Bush : The Poetry of Les Murray,
single work
criticism
(p. 15-22)Kane argues that Murray has "'... enacted the old rivalry, in his writing and now in his life, between Sydney and the Bush' and that his poetic project has been to create a poetry of the urbane, a coming together of the urban and the rural" (Introduction).
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Shifting Expectations : A Short History of the Australian Theater,
single work
criticism
(p. 23-29)Discusses the importance of the London production of The Doll in the "coming-of-age" of Australian drama.
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A Nant Named Nancy,
single work
criticism
(p. 31-35)Reminiscences of an outback education modelled on the English system and promoting English literature and culture.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Last amended 26 Sep 2001 09:24:06
Subjects:
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- Bush,
- Urban,
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