Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead (Sydney studies in Australian literature)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1743324367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the Author Nicholas Birns is professor at the New School, New York. He is a leading scholar of Australian literature and editor of Antipodes, the publication of the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies
Nicholas Birns is professor at the New School, New York. . He is a leading scholar of Australian literature and editor of Antipodes, the publication of the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies
Five Stars JR Birns possesses a ranging, complete knowledge. His intelligence is tireless and luminous.
With rancour, concern and idealism, modern Australian literature conveys a tragic sense of the past yet an abiding vision of the way forward.Birns paints a vivid picture of a rich Australian literary voice – one not lost to the churning of global markets, but in fact given new life by it. But today the global perspective has arrived with a vengeance.In Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead, Nicholas Birns tells the story of how novelists, poets and critics, from Patrick White to Hannah Kent, from Alexis Wright to Christos Tsiol