Australian literature - Overseas responses
Articles
- ‘Geoffry Hamlyn’ Through Contemporary Eyes1 December 1966
- Australian Novels in French1 October 1974
- Scholars Discover the Commonwealth Literatures1 June 1964
- The Literary Reputation of Adam Lindsay Gordon
'Whatever a stern criticism may say as to the abiding merit of his work, at least there can be no doubt as to the value which the heart of Australia sets upon it.' These words were spoken by the Archbishop…
1 June 1963 - Alan Seymour1 May 1974
- ‘Odysseus from the Outback’ : Fredy Neptune in German and Its Critical Reception
This article surveys the reception of a German translation (by Thomas Eichhorn, 2004) of Murray’s Fredy Neptune in German-speaking countries. It looks at responses to the verse novel and its author in German-language reviews and articles, and compares them with…
1 May 2005 - From Rowcroft to White : Australian Fiction in Sweden1 October 1976
- ‘Another Fresh Australian Tale’: The American Publication of Catherine Martin’s The Silent Sea1 October 1992
- On Our Selection : Special Australian Issues of Overseas Journals1 May 1981
- No Tyranny of Distance : The Reception of Publications on Australia in ‘The Athenaeum’ 1828-1850
Periodicals of the 19th century comprehensively informed English readers about journeys to Australia as well as about travels and expeditions on the continent. How extensive British interest in such journeys and in general information about Australia was and how English…
1 October 1996 - C. Hartley Grattan Remembered
C. Hartley Grattan and his Australia and Southwest Pacific Collection arrived at the University of Texas in Austin in 1964. I arrived there at the same time from Leeds to do a PhD in American literature, but aware of the…
1 May 1996 - A Note on the Reception of Patrick White’s Novels in German Speaking Countries (1957-1979)1 May 1983
- The Provincial Muse 1888-19001 May 1977
- Thomas Shapcott’s Verse from a European Perspective1 October 1990
- Australian Literary Lives
Webby presents a detailed analysis of the first two Australian volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
1 October 2003 - A Survey of Chinese Translation of Australian Literature1 October 1989
- ‘Phrases Between Us’ : The Poetry of Anna Wickham
Anna Wickham was a poet, singer, sociaf worker and feminist activist. The American scholar Jennifer Vaughan Jones published a biography in 2003, a book which reveals a great deal about Wickham's struggle as a poet but which is not widely…
1 October 2005
Contributors
- Rosemary Foxton
- Laurie Hergenhan
- J. J. Healy
- A. D. Hope
- Wenzhong Hu
- Leonie Kramer
- Adrian Mitchell
- Annegret Maack
- Igor Maver
- Xavier Pons
- Irmtraud Petersson
- Anne Pender
- Alrene Sykes
- Henry Segerstrom
- Arlin Turner
- Volker Wolf
- Elizabeth Webby
Related subjects
- Critical reception
- Australian literature - Translations
- Writer's recognition & popularity
- Australian literature - Overseas publishing
- Australian literature and writers
- 19th Century Women Writers
- Aboriginal Australians - Literary portrayal
- Australia - Literary portrayal
- Australian drama
- Australian expatriate writers