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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
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criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
1951
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— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 10 no. 4 1951; (p. 372-375) -
The Herald Literary Competition
1947
single work
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , February vol. 1 no. 8 1947; (p. 369-371)
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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
The Herald Literary Competition
1947
single work
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , February vol. 1 no. 8 1947; (p. 369-371) -
The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
1951
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 10 no. 4 1951; (p. 372-375)
Awards
- 1946 winner The Sydney Morning Herald Literary Competition — Poetry
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Subjects:
- Antarctica,
Settings:
- 1860s
- 1820s
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