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Author : Robert Drewe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (117 download)
Download or read book A Cry in the Jungle Bar written by Robert Drewe and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eugene Benson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134468482
Total Pages : 1950 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Author : Ray Willbanks
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292785585
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Australian Voices written by Ray Willbanks and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Australian fiction is attracting a world audience, particularly in the United States, where a growing readership eagerly awaits new works. In Australian Voices, Ray Willbanks goes beyond the books to their authors, using sixteen interviews to reveal the state of fiction writing in Australia—what nags from the past, what engages the imagination for the future. Willbanks engages the writers in lively discussions of their own work, as well as topics of collective interest such as the past, including convict times; the nature of the land; the treatment of Aborigines; national identity and national flaws; Australian-British antipathy; sexuality and feminism; drama and film; writing, publishing, and criticism in Australia; and the continuous and pervasive influence of the United States on Australia. The interviews in Australian Voices are gossipy, often funny, and always informative, as Willbanks builds a structured conversation that reveals biography, personality, and significant insight into the works of each writer. They will be important for both scholars and the reading public.
Author : Jean-Francois Vernay
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1934043354
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Water from the Moon written by Jean-Francois Vernay and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of six novels, Christopher John Koch (born in 1932) is one of Australia's leading novelists who enjoys worldwide recognition. Koch's writing has its finger on the pulse of today's changing society. Not only does his work fall within a universal stream but it also stands out as a production of its own, built like a puzzle with distinct pieces. Through fiction, Koch explores other genres - the fairy tale, drama, poetry - to the point of producing multi-faceted works which challenge classification. In spite of the constant renewal of his settings for action, one notices the presence of a main thread which runs through Koch's fiction: the antipodean and ambiguous relationship between illusion and reality. This theoretically-informed monograph provides a book-by-book analysis of the novelist's ouvre and gives a full picture of his Weltanschauung. It is valuable reference for scholars in Australian Studies, as well as those researching postcolonial, psychoanalytic and literary theories.
Author : John Skinner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349268984
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book The Stepmother Tongue written by John Skinner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1998-09-18 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are numerous twentieth century writers in English who are not technically native speakers of the language, and whose relation to it is ambivalent, problematic or even hostile: by a simple kinship analogy one may often speak of the 'stepmother tongue'. Whilst fully aware of the current debates in postcolonial theory, John Skinner is also conscious of its sometimes unhelpful complexities and contradictions. The focus of this study is thus firmly on the fictional practice of the writers discussed. He offers the reader an insight into the diversity and rewards of contemporary anglophone fiction, whilst analysing some eighty individual texts. A uniquely comprehensive guide, the book will be welcomed by students and teachers of postcolonial literature.
Author : Robert Dixon
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743324073
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Alex Miller: the ruin of time written by Robert Dixon and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Miller: The Ruin of Time is the first sole-authored critical survey of the respected Australian novelist's eleven novels. While these books are immediately accessible to the general reading public, they are manifestly works of high literary seriousness - substantial, technically masterful and assured, intricately interconnected, and of great imaginative, intellectual and ethical weight. Among his many prizes and awards, Alex Miller has twice won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, for The Ancestor Game in 1993, and Journey to the Stone Country in 2003; the Commonwealth Writers' prize, also for The Ancestor Game in 1993; and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize, for Conditions of Faith in 2001 and Lovesong in 2011. He received a Centenary Medal in 2001 and the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2012. In 2011 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Having published his eleventh novel, Coal Creek, in 2013 - which won the Victorian Premier's Fiction Award in 2014 - Miller is currently writing an autobiographical memoir with the working title 'Horizons'.
Author : Charles Ferrall
Publisher : Victoria University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780864734914
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (349 download)
Download or read book East by South written by Charles Ferrall and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when China is being seen as the next superpower, both sweatshop and powerhouse for the global economy, political courtship on the part of interested governments is accompanied by grassroots hostility. Such ambivalence is not new.
Author : Jane Gleeson-White
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459603060
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Australian Classics written by Jane Gleeson-White and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the classic works of Australian literature? And what can they tell us about ourselves and the land we live in? Providing a selected overview of Australia's greatest literature, Australian Classics is an accessible companion to our literature and a story of writing in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present. Australian Class...
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Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621969649
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Chinese in Australian Fiction, 1888-1988 written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004484213
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Oriental Prospects written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great deal of stimulating and valuable discussion (as well as some indignation and hot air) has been stimulated by Edward Said, whose provocative study of Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient appeared twenty years ago. This present book will, we believe, be recognized as a worthy addition to the many attempts that have since been made to sift the intrinsic and ingrained attitudes of West to East. The fifteen articles in Oriental Prospects: Western Literature and the Lure of the East cover literature from the Renaissance through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the modern period, some in pragmatic accounts of responses to and uses of experiences of the Orient and its cultural attitudes and artefacts, others contending more theoretically with issues that Edward Said has raised. Despite all the misunderstanding, prejudice and propaganda in the scholarly and literary depiction of the Orient still today as in the past, what emerges from this wide-range of articles is that no species of literary text or academic study can appear without risking the accusation of escapist exoticism or cultural and economic exploitation; and thus regrettably masking the essential and vital significance of the political and the real and imaginative trading between East and West.
Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
ISBN 13 : 1839051566
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Insight Guides Explore Perth & West Coast Australia (Travel Guide eBook) written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries. Discover the best of Perth and Western Australia with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Swan River, Kings Park, Fremantle, Rottnest and Subiaco to discovering hidden gems, including Wave Rock, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your visit to Perth and Western Australia. Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Perth and Western Australia. - 16 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way - Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery - Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips - Hand-picked places: find your way to great hotels, restaurants and nightlife using the comprehensive listings - Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps - Informative tips: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping - Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience - Covers: Swan River and Kings Park, City Centre and Old Perth, East Perth, Northbridge, Subiaco, Fremantle, Perth's suburban beaches, Rottnest, Kalamunda and Swan Valley, Rockingham, Mandurah, Pinjarra and Armdale Loop, Margaret River region, Indian Ocean Coast, Kalgoorli and Boulder, Geraldton, Monkey Mia and Shark Bay, Exmouth, Ningaloo and Cape Range National Park, and the Broome and the Kimberley. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Author : Robert Drewe
Publisher : Fremantle Press
ISBN 13 : 1922089990
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Swimming to the Moon written by Robert Drewe and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the nonfiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affectionate nostalgia and the absurdity of the every day. They are endearing and often hilarious snapshots of life from a master novelist who has turned the column into an artform.
Author : John Miller
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1921497742
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Australia's Writers and Poets written by John Miller and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the iconic poems of Banjo Paterson to today's international bestsellers by Peter Carey and Patrick White, Australian literature has reflected the changes in Australia's national development, and today it stands proudly on the world stage. At the same time, Indigenous writing has come into its own, with authors such as Oodgeroo Noonuccal giving a powerful voice to the Aboriginal experience. Australia's Writers and Poets looks at the men and women who have created this rich literary tradition and celebrates the incredible diversity of their writing. This Little Red Book gives a terrific background to Australian writing, surprises with its stories, and says a lot about what it is to be Australian. This book is part of Exisle Publishing's Little Red Books series. Every title in the Little Red Books series provides an overview of key events, people or places in Australian history. They cover the essentials, bringing the reader up to speed on the most important, fascinating or intriguing facts. Appealing to everyone from students to pensioners who've always wanted to "know a bit about that", they're an essential part of every Australian bookshelf.
Author : Georgina Hunter-Jones
Publisher : Fly Fizzi Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781900721158
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Atlantic Warriors written by Georgina Hunter-Jones and published by Fly Fizzi Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Carrie Nordsuitlaan's third husband dies, in a helicopter crash in the South African velt, she discovers he has sold their house to pay for his flying business. The only asset she has left in the world is a Piper Warrior aircraft, based in Florida. Carrie determines to learn to fly and go and fetch the plane, bringing it back to England where she is sure she will be able to sell it. However, as she soon discovers, while it is easy to learn to fly, it is not so easy to bring the single engine plane back across the Atlantic, so she hires a co-pilot, the notorious Irishman Kieran O'Toole, known for his dubious exploits. As the ill-matched pair travel up the Eastern Seaboard and into Greenland and Iceland in the small plane they discover that Captain Norduitlaan was not the man he seemed to his wife, that his business affairs were extremely dodgy and that she is in a lot more trouble than she realised. However, she also discovers a love of flying that changes her life.
Author : Elizabeth Webby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521658430
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (584 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature written by Elizabeth Webby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable reference for the study of Australian literature.
Author : Anna Rauch
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656652937
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (566 download)
Download or read book "The Bodysurfers" by Robert Drewe. The Landscape and its Effects on the Identity of the Characters written by Anna Rauch and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 2, University of Innsbruck (Department of English), course: The Urban and the Rural in Australian Literature, language: English, abstract: In my paper I want to talk about the book The Bodysurfers (Robert Drewe) by focusing on the description of the different landscapes and the way people identify with it. I also find it important to mention the mixed feelings of the different characters, all of them living by the coast. While I was reading the book, I could notice the rather different ways of describing the landscapes, each narrator and character senses the surroundings differently. The environment in which the characters are living is one of the main topics of the book, it focuses on the descriptions and provides the reader with the opportunity to ‘live’ the book and to understand in a better way, how important the sea and the beach are for Australians. In The Bodysurfers the beach is the most popular and most described landscape. It is fantastic how many different ways of ‘seeing’ and ‘feeling’ the beach can be found in this book and how different varieties of language can influence the reader by providing him with many ways of understanding the characters. The Bodysurfers is not an easy book, maybe you have to read it twice, but it can give you a perfect possibility to deal with other nations and cultures and to distinguish between different characters and their ways of speaking and telling. When I was dealing with my topic I was impressed how ones opinion can change while reading a book, e.g. in one story the beach is described as a lonely and quiet place, in another story as a sand heap full of rubbish. In my paper I want, above all, to show these different ways of describing, on the one hand, describing by using different sorts of language and on the other hand describing, by ‘feeling’ and observing the place you live in. I want to show, that these depictions are the essence of the book and make it vivid, because “these stories breathe. Taut yet teeming with life, they are shot through with gritty phrases that catch at one's throat.” (Goodreads)
Author : Robert Drewe
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742283454
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Bodysurfers written by Robert Drewe and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2001-09-03 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'These stories breathe. Taut yet teeming with life, they are shot through with gritty phrases that catch at one's throat.' - Sydney Morning Herald Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - this bestselling collection of short stories is an Australian classic. The Bodysurfers vividly evokes the beach, with the scent of the suntan oil, the sting of the sun and a lazy sensuality, all the while hinting at a deep undercurrent of suburban malaise. From first publication, these poignant and seductive stories marked a major change in Australian literature.
