Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 'The Commonwealth of Manu' : Ancient Indian Concept in Les Murray's Vision of Future Australia
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Kanwar Dinesh Singh's essay 'studies how Les Murray's poetry represents a sense of Australianness, which is characterised by the concept of convergence of diverse cultures, ideologies, value systems and societal mores, quite akin to the heterogeneous and composite culture and social texture of the Indian nation.' (Author's abstract)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon IJAS vol. 1 no. 1 2008 Z1605003 2008 periodical issue 2008 pg. 78-91
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Explorations In Australian Poetry Kanwar Dinesh Singh (editor), New Delhi : Sarup , 2010 Z1720915 2010 anthology criticism

    'This book is an anthology of essays exploring diverse issues in Australian poetry through critical perceptions of scholars in India as well as overseas. Besides, discussing the artistic and aesthetic aspects of Australian verse, these essays reflect on issues of national identity and representation, nature, space, environment, globalization and multiculturalism in the context of Australia. Some of the essays also bring to fore the comparative perspective of Australia and India as emerging multicultural / multiethnic nation in today's fast globalizing world. The papers / essays have been contributed by scholars like Nathanael O'Reilly (q.v.), Jayne Fenton Keane (q.v.), Peter Nicholson (q.v.), Phillip A. Eills, Pradip K. Patra (q.v.), Tanushree Nayak and editor of the anthology, Kanwar Dinesh Singh.'

    Source: Bookseller's website

    New Delhi : Sarup , 2010
    pg. 113-129
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