Writing the Everyday: Australian Literature and the Limits of SuburbiaAndrew McCann No Marketing Blurb |
Contents
Colonialism Modernity Suburbia | 20 |
Fiction and the AntiSuburban Tradition | 41 |
Patrick Whites Perversity | 56 |
the Politics of Place | 72 |
Suburbia Abjection and Subjectivity in Australian | 87 |
Suburban Voices in Australian Poetry | 101 |
JENNIFER MAIDEN The Suburban Problem of Evil | 115 |
Detail and Knowledge in the Work | 126 |
ALAN WEARNE Interview | 136 |
Notes on Contributors 144 | |
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