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'Stressing the Modern: Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry is the first major study of modern Australian women's poetry. As it demonstrates, the first part of the twentieth century was a prolific period for women poets. Their work challenged previously given roles of gender and negotiated a rapidly changing social climate. Ausralia became an independent nation in 1901. By 1903, it 'was the only country where white women could both vote and stand for national parliament'. Poetry written between 1900 and 1940 reflected the suffrage movement, as well as the effects of Federation, World War I, increasing industrialisation and, emergent discourses of sexology and psychology. New subject formations were taking place around gender, race and nationalism. Women writers would also move between contrasting sensibilities and styles.'
Source: Stressing the Modern: Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry, p.3.
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my mother, Marlene, and to those who support and inspire me every day: Mike Sam and Jessica.
Contents
- Stressing the Modern : Introduction, single work criticism (p. 1-17)
- Mary Gilmore: A Feminine World Expanding Outward, single work criticism (p. 18-51)
- Marie Pitt: Cui Bono? The Poetics of Protest, single work criticism (p. 52-80)
- Mary Fullerton: Finding Form for the Woman Soul, single work criticism (p. 81-122)
- Anna Wickham: Between a Modernist Passport and House Arrest, single work criticism (p. 123-174)
- Zora Cross : Love and the Modern Girl, single work criticism (p. 175-214)
- Lesbia Harford: Writing Revolution, single work criticism (p. 215-262)
- Nettie Palmer: Another Path Taken, single work criticism (p. 263-308)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 25 no. 63 2010; (p. 99-101)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 175-177)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 8 2008; (p. 166-169)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Non-Fiction 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 76-92)
— Review of The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer 1993 single work biography ; This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography 2007 selected work criticism ; John Winston Howard 2007 single work biography ; Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia 2007 single work criticism ; A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson 2007 single work biography ; Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language 2008 selected work criticism essay ; Australian Literature : Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism 2007 single work criticism ; Power Plays : Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda 2007 single work criticism ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Conversations With The Mob 2008 anthology life story ; Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism ; Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Seven Women with Incisive Bite
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism
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Non-Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 April 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Multiple Modernisms
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 302 2008; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Seven Women with Incisive Bite
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Non-Fiction 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 76-92)
— Review of The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer 1993 single work biography ; This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography 2007 selected work criticism ; John Winston Howard 2007 single work biography ; Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia 2007 single work criticism ; A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson 2007 single work biography ; Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language 2008 selected work criticism essay ; Australian Literature : Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism 2007 single work criticism ; Power Plays : Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda 2007 single work criticism ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Conversations With The Mob 2008 anthology life story ; Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism ; Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 8 2008; (p. 166-169)
— Review of Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Stressing the Modern : Introduction
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007; (p. 1-17)
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted ASAL Awards — Walter McRae Russell Award
- 2008 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Literary Scholarship