The Australian Line single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Australian Line
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

In seeking an 'Australian line' through the history of Australian poetry, Brooks conclusion is that '[A]ny but the most open would be implausible. An Australian line than cannot at one and the same time accommodate the city and the bush, the masculine and the feminine, the settler and the indigenous, the old arrivals and the new, the present and the absent, the self-confident and the self-effacing, the anxious and the non, the generous and the minimalist ... will not stand much scrutiny. ... One thing I might hazard, almost for certain, is that anyone who does think they have found an answer will find themselves, not long after, frustrated that Australians themselves are ignoring it.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Agenda vol. 41 no. 1-2 Spring/Summer 2005 Z1230563 2005 periodical issue 2005 pg. 11-21
    Note: Author's note: The University of Sydney, 2002/3.
Last amended 7 Feb 2006 10:15:46
11-21 The Australian Linesmall AustLit logo Agenda
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X