Imagining Australia
Subtitle: literature and culture in the new new world
By: edited by Judith Ryan and Chris Wallace-Crabbe.
Contributors: Ryan, Judith, 1943-; Wallace-Crabbe, Chris.; Harvard University. Committee on Australian Studies.
Publisher: Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Australian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses.; Literature and society -- Australia -- Congresses.; Arts -- Australia -- 20th century -- Congresses.; National characteristics, Australian, in literature -- Congresses.; Australia -- In literature -- Congresses.; Australia -- Civilization -- Congresses.; Australia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Ranging from the country's colonial beginnings to its more globally oriented present, the nineteen essays in this volume present a multi-faceted view of the vast land down under. A central theme is the relation of Australian cultural productions to nature and history. Issues explored include problems of race and gender, colonialism and postcolonialism, individual and national identity, subjective experience and international connections. Among others, the essays treat major authors such as Peter Carey, David Malouf, Les Murray, and Judith Wright."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "The essays in this volume emerged from a conference sponsored by the Harvard Committee on Australian Studies in late 2002 ... to showcase the exciting work that is being done in Australian literature and culture ..."--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY -- Paul Kane; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY -- Paul Kane -- William Robinson / -- Robert Dixon; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY -- Paul Kane -- William Robinson / -- Robert Dixon -- Kevin Hart; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY -- Paul Kane -- William Robinson / -- Robert Dixon -- Kevin Hart -- Brian Henry; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE -- Simon During -- Susan Martin -- Lucy Frost -- Andrew Taylor -- Ihab Hassan -- Andrew Zawaki -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- Stephen Muecke -- Tony Birch -- Gail Jones -- David Carter -- Frank Moorhouse -- Graham Huggan -- Meaghan Morris -- PART THREE: POETRY -- Paul Kane -- William Robinson / -- Robert Dixon -- Kevin Hart -- Brian Henry -- Judith Ryan; title: PART ONE: NARRATIVE-- Simon During-- Susan Martin-- Lucy Frost-- Andrew Taylor-- Ihab Hassan-- Andrew Zawaki-- PART TWO: CULTURE-- Stephen Muecke-- Tony Birch-- Gail Jones-- David Carter-- Frank Moorhouse-- Graham Huggan-- Meaghan Morris-- PART THREE: POETRY-- Paul Kane-- William Robinson /-- Robert Dixon-- Kevin Hart-- Brian Henry-- Judith Ryan-- Chris Wallace-Crabbe.