Henry Lawson: The Master Story-Teller: Prose Writings
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few voices have shaped the Australian literary identity as powerfully and as enduringly as that of Henry Lawson, whose prose writings stand as an unflinching testament to the hardships and humour of colonial bush life. Henry Lawson: The Master Story-Teller: Prose Writings, edited by the eminent scholar Professor Colin Roderick, presents a carefully curated collection of Lawson's finest short stories and sketches, chronicling the struggles of ordinary Australians — drovers, selectors, shearers, and their long-suffering families — against a vast, indifferent landscape that both defines and destroys them. Roderick, one of Australia's foremost Lawson authorities, brings academic rigour and passionate advocacy to this volume, situating Lawson's work within the broader tradition of Australian nationalism and realism that flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. Lawson's prose is deceptively simple — lean, laconic, and shot through with a dry, compassionate irony that simultaneously celebrates and mourns the Australian battler. This anthology argues, without equivocation, that Lawson's storytelling transcends mere regionalism to achieve a universal humanism, and leaves the reader wondering whether the Australia Lawson immortalised on the page has ever truly disappeared.
Author: Prof. Colin Roderick (Editor)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few voices have shaped the Australian literary identity as powerfully and as enduringly as that of Henry Lawson, whose prose writings stand as an unflinching testament to the hardships and humour of colonial bush life. Henry Lawson: The Master Story-Teller: Prose Writings, edited by the eminent scholar Professor Colin Roderick, presents a carefully curated collection of Lawson's finest short stories and sketches, chronicling the struggles of ordinary Australians — drovers, selectors, shearers, and their long-suffering families — against a vast, indifferent landscape that both defines and destroys them. Roderick, one of Australia's foremost Lawson authorities, brings academic rigour and passionate advocacy to this volume, situating Lawson's work within the broader tradition of Australian nationalism and realism that flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. Lawson's prose is deceptively simple — lean, laconic, and shot through with a dry, compassionate irony that simultaneously celebrates and mourns the Australian battler. This anthology argues, without equivocation, that Lawson's storytelling transcends mere regionalism to achieve a universal humanism, and leaves the reader wondering whether the Australia Lawson immortalised on the page has ever truly disappeared.