| Description |
1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Anthem studies in Australian literature and culture |
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Anthem studies in Australian literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapters; Section 1: Islands Real and Imaginary; Introduction ; Chapter 1: What's in a Metaphor: 'No Man Is an Island'; Section 2: Islands: Making the Planet, World, Globe; Chapter 2: The First and Last of New Worlds: The Caribbean and Australia; Chapter 3: Insular and Continental Interiors: The Shifting Map of Literary Universalism after the War; Section 3: Dreams and Nightmares; Chapter 4: Accidents of Empire: Shipwrecks and Castaways |
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Chapter 5: The Best and Worst of Times: Utopias, Dystopias, ArchipelagosBack Matter; Appendix: Colonial Ties between the West Indies and Australia; Notes ; Works Cited ; Index |
| Summary |
Australia is the planet's sole island continent. This book argues that the uniqueness of this geography has shaped Australian history and culture, including its literature. Further, it shows how shifting understandings of the island continent shed new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-288) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian literature -- History and criticism
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Islands in literature.
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Geography in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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National characteristics, Australian, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Australian & Oceanian.
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Australian literature
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Geography in literature
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Islands in literature
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National characteristics, Australian, in literature
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Place (Philosophy) in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1783085355 |
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9781783085354 |
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9781783085361 |
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1783085363 |
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