Stephen Cowden Stephen Cowden i(A25007 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Christina Stead and the Marxist Imagery Stephen Cowden , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 3 2003; (p. 63-75)
1 Colonialism, Nationalism, Modernism Stephen Cowden , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 25 no. 2 2003; (p. 144-158) Instead of seeing Such is Life in the traditional terms of a celebratory nationalist narrative, Stephen Cowden seeks to locate it within the historical social conflicts of its time. As these issues are still very much alive today, he believes that a re-reading of the novel in this sense assist a greater understanding of the social contours through which Australian identity has been developed.
1 Untitled Stephen Cowden , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Yearbook of English Studies , vol. 31 no. 2001; (p. 330-331)
— Review of From the Margins of Empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer Louise Yelin , 1998 single work criticism
1 Stepping Back--Stepping Forward Stephen Cowden , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2000; (p. 161-165)
1 Shaky Foundations Stephen Cowden , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 65-66)
1 Naked Truths and "Long Involved Lies" : Nationality and Belonging in Such Is Life Stephen Cowden , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Fringe of Papers : Offshore Perspectives on Australian History and Literature 1999; (p. 63-72) "This essay considers whether Homi Bhaba's notion of 'Mimicry' sheds any light on the discourse of Nation in Furphy's Such Is Life, or on what postcoloniality might mean in an Australian context" (63).
1 Between Marx and Nietzsche: The Politics of 'Working Bullocks' Stephen Cowden , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Summer vol. 13 no. 1 1998; (p. 10-30)
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