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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rochester, New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Camden House , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tim Winton and West Australian Writing, Lyn Jacobs , single work criticism (p. 307-319)
Dorothy Hewett, Nicole Moore , single work criticism (p. 321-334)
Xavier Herbert, Yu Ouyang , single work criticism (p. 335-343)
Michael Wilding, Murray Bail, Rodney Hall, and Frank Moorhouse, Jaroslav Kušnír , single work criticism
Kusnir argues that the trajectory of Australian literature was changed by Wilding, Bail, Hall and Moorhouse due to their understanding of both contemporary and traditional literary concerns.
 (p. 346-358)
Trans-Tasman Literary Expatriates, Brigid Magner , single work criticism (p. 359-371)
Australian Science Fiction, Russell Blackford , single work criticism (p. 376-386)
Popular Australian Writing, Toni Johnson-Woods , single work criticism
This chapter documents one century of Australian popular fiction - popular is that fiction designated "genre" fiction, the crime, adventure, romance, and western novels that achieved widespread appeal and sold millions of copies in Australia and overseas.
 (p. 387-402)
Australian Film, Theodore F. Sheckels , single work criticism (p. 403-415)
Australian Children's Literature, Alice Mills , single work criticism (p. 417-428)
Environmental Themes in Australian Literature, Gary Clark , single work criticism (p. 429-443)
Australian Gay and Lesbian Writing, Damien Barlow , Leigh Dale , single work criticism
Dale and Barlow trace the repositioning of homosexuality in Australian literature from the critical erasure of homoerotic content in the work of Miles Franklin to David Malouf's "problematical relationship with the canon" (p.454) due to queer readings of his work.
 (p. 445-458)
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