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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton South, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Departures to the Promised Land : Kylie Tennant's The Battlers and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Robert L. Ross , single work criticism (p. 37-43; notes 283)
From 'Hello Freedom' to 'Fuck You Australia' : Recent Chinese-Australian Writing, Wenche Ommundsen , single work criticism
Explores 'moments of departure and arrival' as recreated in literary texts by writers who recently came to Australia from China. Gives a descriptive overview of a number of relevant texts.
 (p. 61-69; notes 286-287)
Immigrant Voices in Recent Australian Theatre, Donald Pulford , single work criticism
Gives an overview of immigrant plays and migrant theatres and theatre companies, such as Doppio Teatro (Adelaide).
 (p. 70-75; notes 287)
Vitalist Nationalism, the White Aborigine and Evolving National Identity, Karen Barker , single work criticism
Discusses the emergence of the 'white Aborigine' narrative and its literary resurgence in the mid-1990s, in a number of novels featuring white Aboriginal characters.
 (p. 105-111; notes 289)
'To Fresh Woods and Pastures New'? Modern Australian Elegy and Literary Tradition, Werner Senn , single work criticism
Addresses departures from literary norms and conventions in recent Australian poems for the departed.
 (p. 127-136; notes 291-291)
'The Grasshopper Memory Leaps' : Bruce Dawe's Elegies, Dennis Haskell , single work criticism (p. 137-144; notes 292)
Writing of Death and Death of Writing in Brian Castro's Stepper, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 145-152, notes 292-293)
The Departure of the Author : Gerald Murnane's Landscape with Landscape, Karin Hansson , single work criticism (p. 153-163, notes 293)
Brave Red Witches : Communist Women Playwrights and the Sydney New Theatre, Susan Pfisterer , single work criticism (p. 167-174, notes 293-294)
Deviation and Devotion : Francis Webb's 'Homosexual', Noel Rowe , single work criticism (p. 184-191, notes 295-296)
The Westering of Quasimodo : The Legacy of the Grotesque in the New World, Michael Ackland , single work criticism
Examines the use of the grotesque in some Australian ("New World") writing and the way in which this differs from the European grotesque, particularly that of Victor Hugo.
 (p. 211-221, notes 298-299)
Becoming 'Absolutely Modern' : Adamson and Tranter's Abandonment, Michael Brennan , single work criticism (p. 225-235, notes 299-300)
Catherine Helen Spence : Enlightenment Woman, Helen Thomson , single work criticism (p. 236-244, notes 300)
Globalism and Its Discontents, Paul Gillen , single work criticism
The article discusses economic and sociological aspects of 'globalisation' and their representation in social commentary books, and also looks at recent Australian literary texts (particularly novels) which have addressed such issues.
 (p. 258-268, notes 301-302)
Bare Feet, Broken Glass : Aboriginal Poetry and the Leaving of Trauma, Dennis McDermott , single work criticism (p. 271-281, notes 302-303)
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