Contemporary Australian literature : a world not yet dead / Nicholas Birns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birns, Nicholas, author.

Series:

Sydney studies in Australian literature.

Sydney studies in Australian literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exiles' writings--History and criticism.

Exiles' writings.

Expatriate authors--Australia.

Expatriate authors.

Authors, Australian--20th century--History and criticism.

Authors, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney Sydney University Press 2015

Sydney, New South Wales : Sydney University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Australia has been seen as a land of both punishment and refuge. Australian literature has explored these controlling alternatives, and vividly rendered the landscape on which they transpire. Twentieth-century writers left Australia to see the world; now Australia's distance no longer provides sanctuary. But today the global perspective has arrived with a vengeance. In Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead, Nicholas Birns tells the story of how novelists, poets and critics, from Patrick White to Hannah Kent, from Alexis Wright to Christos Tsiolkas, responded to this condition. With rancour, concern and idealism, modern Australian literature conveys a tragic sense of the past yet an abiding vision of the way forward. Birns paints a vivid picture of a rich Australian literary voice- one not lost to the churning of global markets, but in fact given new life by it.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed June 4, 2020).

ISBN:

9781743324370

1743324375

9781743324783

1743324782

OCLC:

917890176

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access