Dedication:
In memory of Noel Rowe,who greatly persuaded me to open an account with poetry
SDG
' This chapter provides an overview of Australian suburban literature from the early nineteenth century to the present, discussing the history of the subject matter, the reasons for the scarcity of Australian suburban literature published before 1950, major works and writers of the genre, various approaches to the subject, primary concerns of the literature and the rise of Australian suburban literature after 1960, arguing that Australian literature set in the suburbs has flourished during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The chapter provides close analysis of Lachlan Brown’s Limited Cities (2012) and Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats (2017) before concluding with the assertion that Australian suburban literature is fully established, highly significant and enjoying a creative peak.'
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'T he act of reading for appraisal rather than pleasure is a privilege that brings me to a deepened understanding of the contemporary in Australian poetry, the way the past is being framed, its traditions, celebrities and enigmas washed up in new and hybrid appearances or redressed in more conventional, sometimes nimbus forms. Judith Wright wrote that the ‘place to find clues is not in the present, it lies in the past: a shallow past, as all immigrants to Australia know, and all of us are immigrants.’ The discipline of reading to filter such a range of voices underlines my foreignness, making reading akin to translation, whilst reciprocally inviting the reader of this essay to become a foreigner to my assumptions and conclusions.' (Introduction)
'T he act of reading for appraisal rather than pleasure is a privilege that brings me to a deepened understanding of the contemporary in Australian poetry, the way the past is being framed, its traditions, celebrities and enigmas washed up in new and hybrid appearances or redressed in more conventional, sometimes nimbus forms. Judith Wright wrote that the ‘place to find clues is not in the present, it lies in the past: a shallow past, as all immigrants to Australia know, and all of us are immigrants.’ The discipline of reading to filter such a range of voices underlines my foreignness, making reading akin to translation, whilst reciprocally inviting the reader of this essay to become a foreigner to my assumptions and conclusions.' (Introduction)
' This chapter provides an overview of Australian suburban literature from the early nineteenth century to the present, discussing the history of the subject matter, the reasons for the scarcity of Australian suburban literature published before 1950, major works and writers of the genre, various approaches to the subject, primary concerns of the literature and the rise of Australian suburban literature after 1960, arguing that Australian literature set in the suburbs has flourished during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The chapter provides close analysis of Lachlan Brown’s Limited Cities (2012) and Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats (2017) before concluding with the assertion that Australian suburban literature is fully established, highly significant and enjoying a creative peak.'
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