Australian literary history

Geordie Williamson's collection of short essays on Australian novels he believes deserve to be rescued from oblivion is the kind of work that should have…

If the publishers' lists are any guide, Australians are becoming more and more interested in taking stock of themselves and their past. The writing of…

The neutral title of this anthology of writing about Australian literature might well obscure the fact that the editor sees it as providing some of…

Some years ago I was teaching a course on nineteenth-century Australian literature which involved lectures on both Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career (1901) and Joseph…

Australian Letters, 'a quarterly review of writing and criticism', was launched in Adelaide in 1957. Max Harris, co-owner of the Mary Martin Bookshop, poet…

The approach of the fortieth year of ALS, and a recent visit to Hobart, brought back memories of how the journal began. I would…

Telling Tales is a collection of nearly ninety short essays, chock full of interesting nuggets and quirky asides, the writing often brisk and entertaining. But…

Literary studies has for some time now been rediscovering the value and interest of an analytical style of literary history, one that tries - not…

This paper will examine cultural relations through fiction and translations of fiction. More specifically it will discuss Finnish translations of Australian fiction and the role…

Aftershocks from the conflicts that shaped Australian poetic culture in the 1940s can be faintly discerned even today. One influential element of the 'legend of…

In their works on literary politics in postwar Australia, Susan McKernan (later Lever) and John McLaren mention the comparatively little known role played by the…

This is a book I was eager to read. I have long been an admirer of Peter Pierce's writing, and the subject ofthe study- the…

ON 1 July 1999 I had the privilege of attending the fiftieth anniversary Foundation Day Dinner of the University of New South Wales, held in…

In 1943, the Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Literary Fund sensed an opportunity. Prime Minister Curtin had been approached by the AIF Women's Auxiliary for…

ANTHOLOGIES of any kind of writing serve as monuments, operating according to the complex functions that the term incorporates. Anthologies appear to be a record…

Examines a dramatic change in the literary reputation of Charles Harpur and the responses to his work between 1853 and 1858, by which time he…

‘The extent to which a notional Australia is at stake in new ventures in Australian literary history is … a timely and productive question. These…