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Excess Denied : Australian Modernism and a Marxist Response,
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criticism
An overview of Marxist views on modernism, and a proposal for how contemporary Marxism may more fruitfully participate in a debate about modernism. 'Suggested here is a Marxist approach to modernist literature that avoids the view dominated by critics like Georg Lukacs in favour of a position based on the theories of Theodor Adorno.' The article also explores 'different Marxist (and some non-Marxist) views of art and literature in Australia, with a secondary focus on how a modernist like Patrick White was received by critics on either side of the political debate'. Rather than attempting a systematic analysis of White's work, the article looks at 'some critics' reception and interpretation of several of his books within the context of a discussion of modernism and Marxism in Australia in general' (5).
- The Primary Readers : Lessons 1-8: For the Instruction of Primary School Children in the History of This Proud Land We Call Australia, single work prose (p. 25-34)
- Three Jobs, single work short story (p. 35-41)
- Body of Work, single work essay (p. 42-53)
- Meeting with the Toe-cutteri"with neon washed blue", single work poetry (p. 54)
- Psychotic Fictions and Terrible Truths: Reading Madness, Femininity and Excessive Speech, single work criticism (p. 74-90)
- Through the Eyes of Her Partneri"On level 5 of London's new Tate", single work poetry (p. 114)
- Luxuria, or Reading Pleasure, single work prose (p. 126-127)
- Sufficient Grace, single work short story (p. 237-243)
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