Australian short fiction
Subtitle: a history
By: Bruce Bennett.
Series: UQP studies in Australian literature
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: St. Lucia, Qld., Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Short stories, Australian -- History and criticism.; Australian fiction -- History and criticism.
Description: In this first extended study of Australian short fiction, Bruce Bennett adopts Christina Stead's metaphor of an ocean of story to suggest the universality of story-telling and the marks it leaves for posterity. Bennett's study stresses the range and depth of the short prose narrative in Australia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-359) and index.
"Short story landmarks: a chronology": p. xi-xix.