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…

Places My Brilliant Career in the wider context of late nineteenth century Australian writing and literary cultures, examining its position in the Australian literary canon…

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…

Laurie Hergenhan recalls the formation of Australian Literary Studies, launched at the University of Tasmania on 6 August 1963.

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…

This paper analyses a single aspect of Australian literary culture in a particular historical period, namely its interest in 'greatness' - great books and great…

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…

Leon Cantrell's selection of the writings of A. G. Stephens is, of course, a welcome volume to the student of Australian literature. The volume makes…

Some readers may find that this carefully researched volume confirms views they already hold; others may find it provocative, challenging them by the information it…

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 of the study—the…

Since it was imported from the Italian into English, the sonnet has been a favourite among poets of all ages. Time and again it was…

Histories of the Bulletin by journalists associated with the paper during its century of survival, or continual reincarnation, have their own history by now. When…

Editor's Note: The 1999 Barry Andrews Memorial Lecture is reprinted here because of its wider relevance to developments in Australian literary studies, a main topic…

Details the development and production of the Australian Pocket Library, arguing that scrutiny of the Library allows for 'understanding the evolution of Australian cultural values'…

Examines a random group of Australian short story anthologies and their function as textual practice. Aims to uncover some of the 'submerged constitutive practices' that…

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…