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Ken A. Stewart Ken A. Stewart i(A29196 works by) (a.k.a. Ken Stewart)
Born: Established: 1943 ;
Gender: Male
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1 Untitled Ken A. Stewart , single work review
— Review of Louisa Brian Matthews , 1987 single work biography
1 Transcendentalism, Emerson and Nineteenth-Century Australian Literary Culture Ken A. Stewart , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 39-61)

'In Radical Cousins (1976), Joseph Jones conclusively demonstrates, within a broader project, affinities between American 'transcendentalist' literature and much colonial Australian verse: Harpur, Gay and O'Dowd, for example, are considered in relation to Emerson and Whitman. Jones reaffirms the 'American' circumstantial particularity of his 'transcendentalism', yet rightly insists also on derivative elements of its metaphysic and poetic, particularly from Coleridge and Carlyle, and from German Romanticism. The present paper will consider the colonial authors and several other manifestations of Australian 'transcendentalism' in relation to counterparts within the European diaspora, particularly American, and will discuss various contextual responses to the shared war against utilitarianism. Authors to be discussed to whom Jones gives little attention include Marcus Clarke, Catherine Spence and Ada Cambridge, as well as the painters Streeton and Roberts and from the early twentieth century, Elioth Gruner.

The challenges to Australian literary historiography presented by Jones's insights have been generally neglected. This paper will attempt to extend his approach by suggesting a frame of reference which individuates colonial Australian 'transcendentalism' by relating its common elements to different but pertinent colonial circumstances (both locally and globally conditioned) concerning, for example, 'nature', landscape and ecology; industrialism and urban settlement; philosophical idealism and Romantic theory. Questions will be raised concerning literary history, and also its relationship to nationalism: for example, why is 'transcendentalism' more prominent in American literary historiography than in its Australian counterpart, especially since its widespread significance can so readily and obviously be perceived? Why, indeed, is it erased or simply not seen? Why do discourses of literary nationalism in America focus on 'transcendentalism' whereas in Australia it is marginalized or excluded? What is the Australian colonial relationship, if any, between literary idealism and social improvement or transformation, in comparison with the social optimism and practical activism promoted by American literary transcendentalism?' (Author's abstract).

1 Britain's Australia Ken A. Stewart , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 7-33)
'This chapter seeks to discuss British (especially English) literature, ideas and literary conventions in a way that underlines their pre-emptive importance for colonial Australian writing, while acknowledging the possibility of their reconstitution or reformation in local and colonial conditions, and also within international, imperial, or global contexts that bear upon the British-colonial connection.' (8)
1 13 y separately published work icon Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , Laurie Hergenhan (editor), Ken A. Stewart (editor), Michael Wilding (editor), North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2009 Z1576148 2009 single work biography 'This biography of Marcus Clarke was written a century ago by Cyril Hopkins, brother of Gerald Manley Hopkins and a close friend of Clarke, and is published now for the first time. Drawing on memories of their schooldays together in Highgate and Clarke's letters from Australia, Hopkins gives a fascinating picture of the mercurial immigrant's ups and downs as he moves from banking to jackarooing, before emerging as a controversial journalist. Clarke's career as theatre critic, bon viveur, librarian and author of the classic novel His Natural Life is vividly and movingly captured, along with the bustling and variegated character of a colonial city, the outback mining towns and the remote unexplored bush.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Brian Kiernan and ASAL - A Tribute Ken A. Stewart , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 22 no. 1 2008; (p. 10)
1 His and Hers Ken A. Stewart , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 17 December no. 5307 2004; (p. 24)

— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : A Life Michael Ackland , 2004 single work biography
1 Towards the Real : A. B. Paterson, the Bush and the Boer War Ken A. Stewart , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Running Wild : Essays, Fictions and Memoirs Presented to Michael Wilding 2004; (p. 113-128)
The essay discusses Paterson's Boer War writings in the context of the poet's personal development as well as of contemporary political, historical, cultural and social concerns.
1 Bibliography of Julian Croft Ken A. Stewart , Shirley Walker , 2002 single work bibliography
— Appears in: 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft 2002; (p. 210-215)
1 The Roundabout and the Road : Shirley Walker, Jill Ker Conway and Female Autobiography Ken A. Stewart , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft 2002; (p. 119-132)
Reads comparatively, and against each other, the autobiographies of Conway and Walker, 'approximate contemporaries, career academics ... whose autobiographies explore issues relating to family, secondary and university education, female fulfilment and "liberation", local and national culture, and urban and rural experience' (120).
1 3 y separately published work icon 'Unemployed at Last!' : Essays on Australian Literature to 2002 for Julian Croft Ken A. Stewart (editor), Shirley Walker (editor), Armidale : University of New England. Centre for Australian Language and Literature Studies , 2002 Z1027584 2002 anthology criticism
1 A.B. "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941) Ken A. Stewart , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Literature, 1788-1914 2001; (p. 285-300)
1 Much Ado about Everything : The Melbourne Shakespeare Society 1884-1904 Ken A. Stewart , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 3 2000; (p. 269-278)
Tells the story of the Melbourne Shakespeare Society 1884-1904 and perfomances of the Bard by the city worthies.
1 2 y separately published work icon Australian Writing and the City : Refereed Proceedings of the 1999 Conference Held at the New South Wales Writers' Centre Sydney 2-6 July 1999 Frances De Groen (editor), Ken A. Stewart (editor), Sydney : Association for the Study of Australian Literature , 2000 Z797830 2000 anthology criticism
1 5 y separately published work icon Investigations in Australian Literature Ken A. Stewart , Sydney : Sydney Association for Studies in Society and Culture , 2000 Z764699 2000 selected work criticism
1 'Those Infernal Pictures': Reading Helen Darville, Her Novel and Her Critics Ken A. Stewart , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 73-79)
1 Person, Persona and Product: Henry Kendall and 'Steele Rudd' Ken A. Stewart , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 3 1996; (p. 289-292)
1 6 y separately published work icon The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture Ken A. Stewart (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1996 Z8330 1996 anthology criticism biography poetry
1 Sylvia's Books: Literature, Civilisation and 'His Natural Life' Ken A. Stewart , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: 'And What Books Do You Read?' : New Studies in Australian Literature 1996; (p. 1-14) Investigations in Australian Literature 2000; (p. 89-102)
Stewart examines the role of literature in the novel, especially in relation to Sylvia's awareness of the world in which she lives. The similar themes of Rousseau, Saint-Pierre and Shakespeare (all of which Sylvia reads) are discussed and their effect on the meaning of His Natural Life is assessed.
1 The 1890s: Australian Literature and Literary Culture : Introduction Ken A. Stewart , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 1-26)
1 The Poet as Hero Ken A. Stewart , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 July 1995; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Henry Kendall : The Man and the Myths Michael Ackland , 1995 single work biography
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