AustLit
Texts
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Here's Luck
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
,
1930
Z1174152
1930
single work
novel
humour
(taught in 1 units)
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Coonardoo : The Well in the Shadow
1928
Z1081769
1928
single work
novel
(taught in 39 units)
Set in North-West of Western Australia, it describes life on cattle stations and the relationship between the white owner of the station and Coonardoo, an Aboriginal woman.
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Voss : A Novel
London
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Eyre and Spottiswoode
,
1957
Z872480
1957
single work
novel
(taught in 33 units)
'Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naïve young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent. As hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of separation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality.
'From the careful delineation of Victorian society to the sensitive rendering of hidden love to the stark narrative of adventure in the Australian desert, Patrick White's novel is a work of extraordinary power and virtuosity.'
Source: Random House Books (Sighted 21/09/2012)
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Poems
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
,
1957
Z531943
1957
selected work
poetry
(taught in 5 units)
Degrees
Description
By 1900 Australia was one of the most urbanised countries in the world and embraced modern life - city living, new technologies, the mass media - with a passion second only to that of the USA. Focusing on the early to mid-twentieth century, this unit explores literary responses to Australian modernity within both popular and high culture, from the poetry of urban life to experimental fiction, together with some of the relationships between writing and other art forms.
Assessment
1x2000wd essay (40%), 1x2000wd take-home exam (40%) and 1x oral presentation and 500wd written summary (20%)
Other Details
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Camperdown Darlington
Levels:
Undergraduate
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