Exiles At Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
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A landmark work of Australian literary criticism and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and careers of a remarkable generation of Australian women writers active between 1925 and 1945, including figures such as Miles Franklin, Eleanor Dark, and Katharine Susannah Prichard. Drusilla Modjeska argues that these women were exiles not in a geographic sense, but culturally and intellectually — marginalized within a literary establishment that consistently undervalued their contributions. With a tone that is both rigorously analytical and deeply empathetic, the work uncovers the social, political, and personal pressures that shaped these writers' creative output, from the constraints of domesticity to the turbulent backdrop of the Depression and World War II. Modjeska presents a compelling case for the central importance of these women to the Australian literary tradition, restoring their voices to a canon that had long overlooked them. Essential reading for anyone interested in Australian literature, women's history, or the politics of cultural belonging, it remains a foundational text in the study of twentieth-century Australian writing.
Author: Drusilla Modjeska
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Australian literary criticism and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and careers of a remarkable generation of Australian women writers active between 1925 and 1945, including figures such as Miles Franklin, Eleanor Dark, and Katharine Susannah Prichard. Drusilla Modjeska argues that these women were exiles not in a geographic sense, but culturally and intellectually — marginalized within a literary establishment that consistently undervalued their contributions. With a tone that is both rigorously analytical and deeply empathetic, the work uncovers the social, political, and personal pressures that shaped these writers' creative output, from the constraints of domesticity to the turbulent backdrop of the Depression and World War II. Modjeska presents a compelling case for the central importance of these women to the Australian literary tradition, restoring their voices to a canon that had long overlooked them. Essential reading for anyone interested in Australian literature, women's history, or the politics of cultural belonging, it remains a foundational text in the study of twentieth-century Australian writing.