The Burning Library

Our Great Novelists Lost and Found

Geordie Williamson

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English

Text Publishing Company
24 October 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

The Burning Library explores the lives and work of Australian novelists, many of whom haveunjustly disappeared from the public imagination. Alarmed by the increasingly marginal status ofAustralian literature in the academy, Williamson has set out to reintroduce us to those key writerswhose works we may have forgotten or missed altogether. His focus is on fiction that givespleasure, and he is ardent in defence of books that for whatever reason sit uneasily in thepresent moment.

Among the writers Williamson discusses are Dymphna Cusack, Elizabeth Harrower, DavidIreland, Olga Masters and Gerald Murnane. The Burning Library is a dynamic act of reclamationinspired by Miles Franklin's claim that a nation that fails to acknowledge its literary treasures is'neither preserved nor developed, but only defaced'.

By: Geordie Williamson
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781921922985
ISBN 10: 1921922982
Publication Date: 24 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Burning Library: Our Great Novelists Lost and Found

'Commands attention and invites dispute...Brilliant, unobliged and provoking work.' Weekend Australian 'As an introductory text to the Australian canon, The Burning Library is remarkable. Williamson's enthusiasm for Australian literature and his boundless knowledge of the genre give the book an enlightening and accessible quality that brings to life a neglected part of our national heritage which, through Williamson's astute gaze, appears absurd to have let fallen astray. I thoroughly recommend The Burning Library to any reader with an interest in Australian literature.' Readings Monthly