The Cambridge companion to Australian literature / edited by Elizabeth Webby.
The Cambridge companion to Australian literature / edited by Elizabeth Webby.
The Cambridge companion to Australian literature / edited by Elizabeth Webby.
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Publisher
Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Date
2000.
Call Numbers
820.9/104
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxi, 326 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Elizabeth Webby -- Chronology -- 1. Indigenous texts and narratives / Penny van Toorn --2. Colonial writers and readers / Elizabeth Webby -- 3. Poetry from the 1890s to 1970 / Michael Ackland -- 4. Fiction from 1900 to 1970 / Kerryn Goldsworthy -- 5. Theatre from 1788 to the 1960s / R...
Publication information
Publisher
Oakleigh, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2000.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book introduces in a lively and succinct way the major writers, literary movements, styles and genres that, at the beginning of a new century, are seen as constituting the field of "Australian literature". The book consciously takes a perspective that sees literary works not as aesthetic objects created in isolation by unique individuals, but...
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Full title
The Cambridge companion to Australian literature / edited by Elizabeth Webby.
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Notes
General note
Cambridge companions to literature.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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820.9/104
Record Identifier
74VvNGy3kvkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNGy3kvkA
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ISBN
0521658438 (pbk)
9780521651226
0521651220
9780521658430 (pbk.)
0521658438 (pbk.)
9780521658430 (pbk)
DDC
A820.9
MMS ID
991012981229702626
