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First known date:
2001...
vol.
36
no.
1
2001
of
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
est. 1965
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature
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* Contents derived from the 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Australian Writing : A View from 2001, single work criticism (p. 1-6)
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Francis Webb's White Swan of Trespass : A Drum for Ben Boyd and Australian Modernism in the 1940s,
single work
criticism
Argues that analysis of Australian poetic modernism in the 1940s has centred too much on the Ern Malley hoax. The essay attempts to redress this imbalance of attention in the history of Australian modernism, through a discussion of Webb's first major work.
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'Taming Distance' : Cross-Cultural Connections in the Work of Nicholas Jose,
single work
criticism
The articles discusses the treatment and presentation of China in Jose's novels, on the background of the tradition of imaginative engagement with Asia by other Australian authors. It argues that although Jose subscribes at times both to the myth of Asia's mystery and to cliches of oriental mysticism, his work differs from previous generations of Australian novelists in that the author looks to the possibility of "Sino-Australian symbiosis" as part of a desirable, if utopian, aim. Thus his work testifies to a shift in emphasis in respect of cross-cultural pursuits and the post-colonial stance, possibly subverting the notion of a unitary national identity.
- Anna Rutherford (1932-2001) : Two Tributes, single work obituary (p. 147-150)
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