TY  - BOOK
AU  - John Scheckter
PY  - 2012
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453910054
TI  - The Australian Novel 1830-1980
T2  - A Thematic Introduction
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1005-4
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1054396
N2  - This volume introduces the reader to a powerful and rewarding territory: the Australian novel. Both drawing from and rebelling against the power of Europe. Australian writers asserted from the beginning that experience «down under» demands thorough observation and thoughtful expression. Exploration of the vast land, framed by the horrors of penal establishment and challenged by encounters with Aboriginal cultures, produced novels of irony and expectation, cynicism and celebration - works that demonstrate the flexibility and unflinching clarity that remain characteristically Australian down to the postcolonial present.
KW  - expectation, Aboriginal cultures, cynicism, celebration, irony
LA  - English
ER  -