Cyclone country : the language of place and disaster in Australian literature / Chrystopher J. Spicer ; foreword by Stephen Torre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spicer, Chrystopher J., author.

Contributor:

Torre, Stephen, 1952- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian literature--Australia--Queensland--History and criticism.

Australian literature.

Cyclones in literature.

Disasters in literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Queensland.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 202 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"The storm has become a universal trope in the literature of crisis, revelation and transformation. It can function as a trope of place, of apocalypse and epiphany, of cultural mythos and story, and of people and spirituality. This book explores the connections between people, place and environment through the image of cyclones within fiction and poetry from the Australian state of Queensland, the northern coast of which is characterized by these devastating storms. Analyzing a range of works including Alexis Wright's Carpentaria, Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm, and Vance Palmer's Cyclone it explains the cyclone in the Queensland literary imagination as an example of a cultural response to weather in a unique regional place. It also situates the cyclones that appear in Queensland literature within the broader global context of literary cyclones"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476681566

1476681562

OCLC:

1155594074