The Cambridge History of Australian Literature

The Cambridge History of Australian Literature is the most comprehensive volume ever written on Australia's national literature. This authoritative guide spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, encompassing indigenous and migrant literatures, as well as representations of Asia and the Pacific and the role of literary culture in modern Australian society. Bringing together a distinguished line-up of contributors, this volume explores each of the literary modes in an Australian context, including short story, poetry, children's literature, autobiography and fiction. This book is an essential reference for general readers and specialists alike.

List of contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
From European Imaginings of Australia to the End of the Colonial Period
Britain's Australia	p. 7
The beginnings of literature in colonial Australia	p. 34
Early writings by Indigenous Australians	p. 52
Australian colonial poetry, 1788–1888: Claiming the future, restoring the past	p. 73
No place for a book? Fiction in Australia to 1890	p. 93
Romantic aftermaths	p. 118
From The Late Nineteenth Century to 1950
Australia's Australia	p. 137
The short story, 1890s to 1950	p. 156
Australian drama, 1850–1950	p. 180
‘New words come tripping slowly’: Poetry, popular culture and modernity, 1890–1950	p. 199
Australian fiction and the world republic of letters, 1890–1950	p. 223
Australia's England, 1880–1950	p. 225
Traverses
Australian children's literature	p. 282
Representations of Asia	p. 303
Autobiography	p. 323
Riding on the‘uncurl'd clouds’: The intersections of history and fiction	p. 344
From 1950 To Nearly Now
Publishing, patronage and cultural politics: Institutional changes in the field of Australian literature from 1950	p. 360
Theatre from 1950	p. 391
The short story since 1950	p. 419
Scribbling on the fringes: Post-1950 Australian poetry	p. 452
Groups and mavericks	p. 473
The challenge of the novel: Australian fiction since 1950	p. 498
The novel, the implicated reader and Australian literary cultures, 1950–2008	p. 517
Nation, literature, location	p. 549
Select bibliography	p. 568
Index	p. 585
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