Australian Literature

Name: Australian Literature
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An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under

By Phyllis Fahrie Edelson

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Australian Literature offers a rich anthology spanning over a century, capturing the unique spirit and style of Australian writing. Featuring a diverse range of works—including short stories, memoirs, novels, and Aboriginal writings—this collection reflects themes central to Australia's identity: the rugged landscape, convict heritage, Indigenous displacement, and the quest for national identity. The selections vary from witty and charming to profound and unsettling, representing major voices like Henry Lawson, Patrick White, and Tim Winton alongside lesser-known authors.
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This anthology is ideal for students, educators, and readers interested in Australian culture and literature, as well as those seeking insight into the nation's complex history and diverse voices.

A collection of short stories, novel excerpts, and essays by Australian writers from 1870 to the present deals with such issues as Australia's convict past, the nature of the bush, and the treatment of the aborigines.

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Spanning more than a century, Australian Literature crystallises a spirit, style, and ethos found nowhere else in world literature. These captivating selections in Australian Literature come from major voices, both famous and lesser known, and encompass short stories, memoirs, novels and Aboriginal writings. Resonant or wryly witty, charming or disturbing, they explore themes deeply rooted in the Australian experience—shaping the land, the legacies of the convict past, the displacement of the Aborigine, the search for a national identity, sex, love, and commitment.

Including these stories:

"The Drover's Wife" by Henry Lawson
"The Chosen Vessel" by Barbara Baynton
"The Loaded Dog" by Henry Lawson
From The Tree of Man by Patrick White
"The Night We Watched for Wallabies" by Steele Rudd
"A Gentleman's Agreement" by Elizabeth Jolley
"Northern Belle" by Thea Astley
"The Cooboo" by Katharine Susannah Prichard
From Dr. Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World by Colin Johnson
"Going Home" by Archie Weller
From Wanamurraganya: The Story of Jack McPhee by Sally Morgan
"Breaking a Man's Spirit" by Marcus Clarke
"Absalom Day's Promotion" by Price Warung
"The First Days" by A. B. Facey
"In the Trenches" by A. B. Facey
From The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea by Randolph Stow
"The Kyogle Line" by David Malouf
"American Dreams" by Peter Carey
"Willy-wagtails by Moonlight" by Patrick White
"A Good Marriage" by Olga Masters
"Civilization and Its Discontents" by Helen Garner
"The Train Will Shortly Arrive" by Frank Moorhouse
"Two Hanged Women" by Henry Handel Richardson
"Brown Seaweed and Old Fish Nets" by Christina Stead
"The Woman at the Window" by Marian Eldridge
"A Woman with Black Hair" by Beverley Farmer
"Blood and Water" by Tim Winton

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780345368003

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 1993

Country: United States

Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 425g

Pages: 336

Collections

Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Phyllis Fahrie Edelson

About the Author

Phyllis Fahrie Edelsonwas a professor and chair of the department of English and Communications at Pace University. She was a founding member of the American Association for Australian Literary Studies and book review editor ofAntipodes, the first American journal of Australian Studies. After retiring from Pace, Edelson worked asa docent at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City. She passed away in July 2016.