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'In this thesis, I am arguing that [a] false core/periphery binary has made a particular group of migrants ,-those who are white and have migrated from English-speaking countries - invisible - invisible as migrants, that is. For the writers within this group, this leads to a critical blindness in relation to their work and place within Australian national literature. As a critic, however, I look at the work of Ruth Park, Alex Miller and John Mateer and see it is profoundly influenced by their migrant experience. More often than not they write about themes that are typical of migrant writing: alienation, identity, belonging, home, being in-between cultures, history. For a more appropriate, complete appreciation of their work, this thesis argues that it is imperative to go back to the beginning and return the 'default setting' of migrant to its literal meaning.' [From the author's abstract]
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- The Harp in the South 1947 single work novel
- The Witch's Thorn 1951 single work novel
- A Power of Roses 1953 single work novel
- Swords and Crowns and Rings 1977 single work novel
- Landscape of Farewell 2007 single work novel
- The Tivington Nott 1989 single work novel
- Watching the Climbers on the Mountain 1988 single work novel
- The Ancestor Game 1992 single work novel
- The Sitters 1995 single work novel
- Prochownik's Dream 2005 single work novel
- Conditions of Faith 2000 single work novel
- Lovesong 2009 single work novel
- Landscape of Farewell 2007 single work novel
- Journey to the Stone Country 2002 single work novel
- Burning Swans 1994 selected work poetry
- Anachronism 1997 selected work poetry
- Loanwords 2002 selected work poetry
- The Ancient Capital of Images 2005 selected work poetry
- Barefoot Speech 2000 selected work poetry
- Southern Barbarians 2009 selected work poetry
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