The 'imagined sound' of Australian literature and music / Joseph Cummins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummins, Joseph, author.

Series:

Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian literature--History and criticism.

Australian literature.

Music in literature.

Australia--In literature.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press 2019.

Summary:

'Imagined Sound' is a unique cartography of the artistic, historical and political forces that have informed the post-World War II representation of Australian landscapes. It is the first book to formulate the unique methodology of 'imagined sound', a new way to read and listen to literature and music that moves beyond the dominance of the visual, the colonial mode of knowing, controlling and imagining Australian space. Emphasising sound and listening, this approach draws out and re-examines the key narratives that shape and are shaped by Australian landscapes and histories, stories of first contact, frontier violence, the explorer journey, the convict experience, non-Indigenous belonging, Pacific identity and contemporary Indigenous Dreaming. 'Imagined Sound' offers a compelling analysis of how these narratives are reharmonised in key works of literature and music.

Contents:

The 'Imagined Sound' of Australian Literature and Music

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2019).

ISBN:

9781785270932

1785270931

9781785270925

1785270923

OCLC:

1511480031