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The Routledge companion to Australian literature / edited by Jessica Gildersleeve.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge companions to literature series
- Routledge handbooks
- Routledge literature companions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australian literature--History and criticism.
- Australian literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Australian literature
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Jessica Gildersleeve is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Southern Queensland.
- Summary:
- In recent years, Australian literature has experienced a revival of interest both domestically and internationally. The increasing prominence of work by writers like Christos Tsiolkas, heightened through television and film adaptation, as well as the award of major international prizes to writers like Richard Flanagan, and the development of new, high-profile prizes like the Stella Prize, have all reinvigorated interest in Australian literature both at home and abroad. This Companion emerges as a part of that reinvigoration, considering anew the history and development of Australian literature and its key themes, as well as tracing the transition of the field through those critical debates. It considers works of Australian literature on their own terms, as well as positioning them in their critical and historical context and their ethical and interactive position in the public and private spheres. With an emphasis on literature's responsibilities, this book claims Australian literary studies as a field uniquely positioned to expose the ways in which literature engages with, produces and is produced by its context, provoking a critical re-evaluation of the concept of the relationship between national literatures, cultures, and histories, and the social function of literary texts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 05, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000281583
- 1000281582
- 9781003124160
- 100312416X
- 9781000281644
- 1000281647
- 9781000281705
- 1000281701
- OCLC:
- 1224279515
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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