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'In The Reading Nation of the Romantic Period, William St Clair described most literary history as “a parade of great names described from a commentator’s box set high above the marching column,” or “the open parliament with all the members participating and listening.” Instead of following these models based on arbitrary selections from modern points-of-view, St Clair urges researchers to investigate the literature that most people actually read. While Elizabeth Morrison might not have directly followed this advice, her book on the life and work of Donald Cameron draws attention to the pages actually read by many Australians, providing her reader with a relatively unknown and unique view of colonial literary production, one that demonstrates how much more there is to know when we look beyond the “parade of great names.”' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon JASAL Special Issue : ASAL2022 Conference Issue vol. 23 no. 2 4 November 2024 27896608 2024 periodical issue

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    'For many years, the week scheduled for the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has coincided with NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Commemoration) Week, the event that celebrates the histories and cultures, and achievements and struggles, of Australia’s First Nations peoples. In 2022, the coincidence of these events was particularly apposite given that the focus of ASAL’s conference was the thirtieth anniversary, and the ongoing legacies on Australian writing, of the 1992 High Court Mabo decision. Over five days in early July 2022, on the Sandy Bay campus of the University of Tasmania (UTas), a program of speakers and papers, including five keynote presentations from First Nations writers and critics, explored the scholarship and analysis of the enduring repercussions of the landmark court case on Australian literary and cultural imaginaries.' (Introduction to Special Issue)

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