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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... vol. 24 no. 2 2009 of Australian Literary Studies est. 1963 Australian Literary Studies
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Book By Any Other Name? Towards a Social History of the Book in Aboriginal Australia, Penny Van Toorn , single work criticism
Van Toorn traces the development of European book culture and indigenous communication and writing in Australia.
 (p. 5-20)
Colonial Violence and Forgotten Fiction, Rachael Weaver , single work criticism
The focus of this essay is 'on excavating short fiction built around representation of frontier conflict' (33). The short fictions of colonial frontier violence 'seem an appropriate means for reading otherwise unwritten events, and folding them into a Gothicised account of the colonial Australian scene' (51).
 (p. 33-53)
The Telling of Marmel's Story, Richard Pascal , single work criticism
The essay discusses Brimming Billabongs, 'the first Aboriginal "autobiography", albeit simulated, but also the first fictional narrative to rely upon an Aboriginal character as a focalising persona' (55).
 (p. 54-68)
Ambivalence, Absence and Loss in David Malouf's Remembering Babylon, Jo Jones , single work criticism
'In this essay I aim to acknowledge the efficacy of the liberal humanist discourse in Remembering Babylon, whilst interrogating some of its more problematic aspects. In particular, I want to examine the implications of the notion of "shared suffering" by discussing Malouf's representation of non-indigenous trauma' (70).
 (p. 69-82)
Untitled, Clarissa Clo , single work review
— Review of Literary and Social Diasporas : An Italian Australian Perspective 2007 anthology criticism ; (p. 83-85)
Untitled, Susan Carson , single work review
— Review of Impact of the Modern : Vernacular Modernities in Australia 1870s-1960s 2008 anthology criticism ; (p. 85-87)
Untitled, Tanja Schwalm , single work review
— Review of Catching Butterflies : Bringing Magical Realism to Ground Maria Takolander , 2007 single work criticism ; (p. 87-89)
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