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' This chapter provides an overview of Australian suburban literature from the early nineteenth century to the present, discussing the history of the subject matter, the reasons for the scarcity of Australian suburban literature published before 1950, major works and writers of the genre, various approaches to the subject, primary concerns of the literature and the rise of Australian suburban literature after 1960, arguing that Australian literature set in the suburbs has flourished during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The chapter provides close analysis of Lachlan Brown’s Limited Cities (2012) and Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats (2017) before concluding with the assertion that Australian suburban literature is fully established, highly significant and enjoying a creative peak.'

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    y separately published work icon The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature Jessica Gildersleeve (editor), London : Routledge , 2020 21550229 2020 anthology criticism

    'In recent years, Australian literature has experienced a revival of interest both domestically and internationally. The increasing prominence of work by writers like Christos Tsiolkas, heightened through television and film adaptation, as well as the award of major international prizes to writers like Richard Flanagan, and the development of new, high-profile prizes like the Stella Prize, have all reinvigorated interest in Australian literature both at home and abroad. This Companionemerges as a part of that reinvigoration, considering anew the history and development of Australian literature and its key themes, as well as tracing the transition of the field through those critical debates. It considers works of Australian literature on their own terms, as well as positioning them in their critical and historical context and their ethical and interactive position in the public and private spheres. With an emphasis on literature’s responsibilities, this book claims Australian literary studies as a field uniquely positioned to expose the ways in which literature engages with, produces and is produced by its context, provoking a critical re-evaluation of the concept of the relationship between national literatures, cultures, and histories, and the social function of literary texts.'

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         London : Routledge , 2020     pg. 304-313
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