The Directions Of Australian Fiction 1920-1974
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For half a century, Australian fiction navigated a turbulent literary landscape shaped by war, modernism, nationalism, and a restless search for cultural identity — and The Directions of Australian Fiction 1920-1974 maps that journey with rigorous critical authority. D. R. Burns charts the evolution of the Australian novel and short story across five defining decades, examining the major writers, movements, and ideological currents that gave the nation's prose its distinctive character, from the interwar realists grappling with a post-colonial consciousness to the experimental voices that emerged in the wake of the 1960s cultural revolution. Burns argues that Australian fiction is not a peripheral branch of the English literary tradition but a sovereign creative force shaped by geography, class, and a uniquely antipodean imagination. His analytical framework is both historically grounded and thematically bold, tracing recurring preoccupations — the bush, the battler, the outsider — while illuminating how each successive generation of writers sought to redefine what it meant to tell an Australian story. A landmark work of literary scholarship, this volume remains an essential guide for anyone who wonders where Australian literature has been, and just how far it was willing to go.
Author: D. R. Burns
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
For half a century, Australian fiction navigated a turbulent literary landscape shaped by war, modernism, nationalism, and a restless search for cultural identity — and The Directions of Australian Fiction 1920-1974 maps that journey with rigorous critical authority. D. R. Burns charts the evolution of the Australian novel and short story across five defining decades, examining the major writers, movements, and ideological currents that gave the nation's prose its distinctive character, from the interwar realists grappling with a post-colonial consciousness to the experimental voices that emerged in the wake of the 1960s cultural revolution. Burns argues that Australian fiction is not a peripheral branch of the English literary tradition but a sovereign creative force shaped by geography, class, and a uniquely antipodean imagination. His analytical framework is both historically grounded and thematically bold, tracing recurring preoccupations — the bush, the battler, the outsider — while illuminating how each successive generation of writers sought to redefine what it meant to tell an Australian story. A landmark work of literary scholarship, this volume remains an essential guide for anyone who wonders where Australian literature has been, and just how far it was willing to go.