Messengers of Eros : representations of sex in Australian writing / by Xavier Pons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pons, Xavier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex in literature.

Australian literature--History and criticism.

Australian literature.

Aboriginal Australian literature--History and criticism.

Aboriginal Australian literature.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After decades of strict, puritanical censorship, Australian writers are free to address sexual issues. But sex remains a controversial and disturbing topic-its representation in poetry or fiction can never be free of ambiguities and still requires a variety of literary strategies to be made acceptable. Messengers of Eros examines those strategies and offers close readings of many Australian literary texts. It revisits classics such as Coonardoo, Capricornia or Such Is Life as well as major ...

Contents:

BY THE SAME AUTHOR; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-354) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19295-7

9786612192951

1-4438-0940-3

OCLC:

830167913