Don Juan In Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: one of 250 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when the legendary libertine of European myth is transported to the sun-scorched landscapes of the Southern Hemisphere? Don Juan in Australia by Hector Monro reimagines the timeless, roguish figure of Don Juan against the rugged backdrop of colonial Australia, blending satirical wit with poetic ambition in a work that is as audacious as its legendary protagonist. Enriched by introductory stanzas from celebrated Australian poet A. D. Hope, the work arrives with an immediate literary pedigree, situating itself firmly within the tradition of verse satire while carving out a distinctly antipodean identity. Monro's narrative draws on the rich tradition of Byronic satire — the irony, the irreverence, the gleeful puncturing of social pretension — and redirects it through the lens of Australian society and culture. The inclusion of A. D. Hope, one of Australia's most intellectually formidable poets, signals the depth of ambition at work here; Hope's own poetry is renowned for its classical rigour and sharp moral intelligence, qualities that resonate throughout this volume. Don Juan in Australia stands as a curiosity and a genuine literary artifact — a work that dares to ask what the Old World's greatest scoundrel might make of a New World still finding its own moral footing.
Author: Hector Monro
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, Hudson Hawthorn
Genre: Australian history
Edition: one of 250 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when the legendary libertine of European myth is transported to the sun-scorched landscapes of the Southern Hemisphere? Don Juan in Australia by Hector Monro reimagines the timeless, roguish figure of Don Juan against the rugged backdrop of colonial Australia, blending satirical wit with poetic ambition in a work that is as audacious as its legendary protagonist. Enriched by introductory stanzas from celebrated Australian poet A. D. Hope, the work arrives with an immediate literary pedigree, situating itself firmly within the tradition of verse satire while carving out a distinctly antipodean identity. Monro's narrative draws on the rich tradition of Byronic satire — the irony, the irreverence, the gleeful puncturing of social pretension — and redirects it through the lens of Australian society and culture. The inclusion of A. D. Hope, one of Australia's most intellectually formidable poets, signals the depth of ambition at work here; Hope's own poetry is renowned for its classical rigour and sharp moral intelligence, qualities that resonate throughout this volume. Don Juan in Australia stands as a curiosity and a genuine literary artifact — a work that dares to ask what the Old World's greatest scoundrel might make of a New World still finding its own moral footing.