A Companion to Australian Literature since 1900

Nicholas Birns (Royalty Account), Rebecca McNeer (Royalty Account), Ali Gummilya Baker , Alice Mills

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English

Boydell & Brewer
01 May 2010

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literature: history & criticism; Literary reference works

Australian literature is one of the world's richest, dealing not only with ""local"" Australian themes and issues but with those at the forefront of global literary discussion. This book offers a fresh look at Australian literature,taking a broad view of what literature is and viewing it with Australian cultural and societal concerns in mind. Especially relevant is the heightened role of indigenous people and issues following the landmark 1992 Mabo decision on Aboriginal land rights. But attention to other multicultural connections and the competing pull of Australia's continued connection to Great Britain are also enlightening. Chapters are devoted to internationally prominent writers such as Patrick White, Peter Carey, David Malouf, and Christina Stead; fast-rising authors such as Gerald Murnane and Tim Winton; less-publicized writers such as Xavier Herbert and Dorothy Hewett; and on prose fiction,poetry, and drama, women's and gay and lesbian writing, children's literature, and science fiction. The Companion goes beyond Eurocentric ideas of national literary history to reveal the full, resplendent variety of Australian writing.

Contributors: Nicholas Birns, Rebecca McNeer, Ali Gumillya Baker, Gus Worby, Anita Heiss, Ruth Feingold, Wenche Ommundsen, Susan Jacobowitz, Deborah Madsen, Marguerite Nolan, Tanya Dalziell, Richard Carr, David McCooey, Maryrose Casey, Brigid Rooney, John Beston, John Scheckter, Werner Senn, Carolyn Bliss, Paul Genono, Lyn Jacobs, Nicole Moore, Ouyang Yu, Jaroslav Kusnir, Brigid Magner, Russel Blackford, Toni Johnson-Woods, Theodore F. Sheckels, Alice Mills, Gary Clark, Damien Barlow, Leigh Dale

Nicholas Birns teaches literature at the New School in New York City and is the editor of Antipodes. Rebecca McNeer is Associate Dean Emerita at Ohio University Southern.

Contributions by: Ali Gummilya Baker, Alice Mills, Anita Heiss
Edited by: Nicholas Birns (Royalty Account), Rebecca McNeer (Royalty Account)
Imprint: Boydell & Brewer
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781571134714
ISBN 10: 1571134719
Pages: 489
Publication Date: 01 May 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1: Identities -- Part 2: Writing across time -- Part 3: International reputations -- Part 4: Writers and regions -- Part 5: Beyond the canon.

Reviews for A Companion to Australian Literature since 1900

Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award, 2008 * . * How to do justice to this gem? Any brief treatment of this comprehensive, richly varied companion threatens to lapse into a shopping list of its astonishing range of subjects. ... Essential. * CHOICE * [...] The felt need for literary history as a complex kind of social history and thermometer of present times remains strong. [...] Newest of the histories is the estimable A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900.... [which] will be used in libraries with profit and enjoyment.... * AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW * BR> This is a fine book, beautifully edited, readable and full of interest. Scholarly and lively, this Companion should be widely used. * JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE * [An] outstanding, reader-friendly volume.... [Follows a] tradition of instilling in international readers the love of Australian literature and the determination to keep up to date with the latest trends in literary criticism. * OVERLAND * Birns and McNeer have done an excellent job in compiling a volume that combines the necessary survey work with politically and theoretically informed readings of key texts and movements. * AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY STUDIES * [L]ikely to prove very useful for undergraduate students and perhaps even general readers. * YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *