The Jindyworobaks
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the sunbaked literary landscape of mid-twentieth-century Australia, a radical movement took root — one that sought to sever the colonial umbilical cord to European tradition and forge a poetry rooted in the ancient red earth of the continent itself. The Jindyworobaks presents a definitive anthology of the Jindyworobak Movement, a passionate and provocative literary crusade founded in the 1930s that championed Indigenous Australian concepts, imagery, and spirituality as the true source of a distinctly Australian cultural identity. Selected and edited with a scholarly Introduction and Bibliography by Brian Elliott, this landmark collection brings together the voices of the movement's most committed poets, whose work argued that authentic Australian expression could only emerge from a deep engagement with the land and its First Peoples' traditions. Elliott's editorial hand is both authoritative and illuminating, situating the Jindyworobaks within the broader currents of Australian nationalism, modernism, and the fraught politics of cultural appropriation — debates that resonate with striking urgency today. Part of the prestigious Portable Australian Authors series published by the University of Queensland Press, this volume chronicles a pivotal and often misunderstood chapter in Australia's literary heritage, making it an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and readers curious about the road not taken in the nation's cultural imagination. Was the Jindyworobak vision a genuine artistic awakening, or a well-intentioned cultural overreach? Elliott's anthology invites the reader to decide.
Author: Brian Elliott
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the sunbaked literary landscape of mid-twentieth-century Australia, a radical movement took root — one that sought to sever the colonial umbilical cord to European tradition and forge a poetry rooted in the ancient red earth of the continent itself. The Jindyworobaks presents a definitive anthology of the Jindyworobak Movement, a passionate and provocative literary crusade founded in the 1930s that championed Indigenous Australian concepts, imagery, and spirituality as the true source of a distinctly Australian cultural identity. Selected and edited with a scholarly Introduction and Bibliography by Brian Elliott, this landmark collection brings together the voices of the movement's most committed poets, whose work argued that authentic Australian expression could only emerge from a deep engagement with the land and its First Peoples' traditions. Elliott's editorial hand is both authoritative and illuminating, situating the Jindyworobaks within the broader currents of Australian nationalism, modernism, and the fraught politics of cultural appropriation — debates that resonate with striking urgency today. Part of the prestigious Portable Australian Authors series published by the University of Queensland Press, this volume chronicles a pivotal and often misunderstood chapter in Australia's literary heritage, making it an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and readers curious about the road not taken in the nation's cultural imagination. Was the Jindyworobak vision a genuine artistic awakening, or a well-intentioned cultural overreach? Elliott's anthology invites the reader to decide.