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Discusses 'the ways in which the horizonal sublime, itself a post-colonial transformation of the Romantic view of place, has been transformed in contemporary writing'. (p.151)
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‘Shapely Experience’ and the Limits of ‘Late Colonial Transcendentalism’ : The Portrait of the Artist as Soldier in Roger McDonald’s 1915
2011
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 11 no. 2 2011; 'This essay argues that Roger McDonald's debut novel 1915 represents a form of literary modernism which rejects the easy aesthetic comforts of 'late colonial transcendentalism' (17). McDonald presents an intricate -- we might even say ritualised -- pattern of subversive counterpoint to 'reveal and dramatise the failure of the subject to escape its own limits, and hence its own history' (McCann 155). The result is a highly self-conscious literary novel that seeks to reconcile the art of high modernism with a postcolonial practice interested in the consequences of public memory.' (Author's abstract)
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The Unbearable (Im)Possibility of Belonging : Andrew McGahan’s The White Earth
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 109-128) This chapter explores ‘the ‘postcolonial uncertainty’ of settler belonging from the purely outsider’s perspective of someone who does not live in Australia but is nevertheless intrigued by the apparently disturbing dilemma of non-Indigenous Australians attempting to articulate a fulfilling relationship to their land.’ (p 110) -
Reading Post-Colonial Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 15-37)
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Reading Post-Colonial Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 15-37) -
The Unbearable (Im)Possibility of Belonging : Andrew McGahan’s The White Earth
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 109-128) This chapter explores ‘the ‘postcolonial uncertainty’ of settler belonging from the purely outsider’s perspective of someone who does not live in Australia but is nevertheless intrigued by the apparently disturbing dilemma of non-Indigenous Australians attempting to articulate a fulfilling relationship to their land.’ (p 110) -
‘Shapely Experience’ and the Limits of ‘Late Colonial Transcendentalism’ : The Portrait of the Artist as Soldier in Roger McDonald’s 1915
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 11 no. 2 2011; 'This essay argues that Roger McDonald's debut novel 1915 represents a form of literary modernism which rejects the easy aesthetic comforts of 'late colonial transcendentalism' (17). McDonald presents an intricate -- we might even say ritualised -- pattern of subversive counterpoint to 'reveal and dramatise the failure of the subject to escape its own limits, and hence its own history' (McCann 155). The result is a highly self-conscious literary novel that seeks to reconcile the art of high modernism with a postcolonial practice interested in the consequences of public memory.' (Author's abstract)
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Subjects:
- The Service of Clouds 1997 single work novel
- Cloudstreet 1991 single work novel
- The White Earth 2004 single work novel
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