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Novel Politics: Studies in Australian political fiction
By John Uhr and Shaun Crowe
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Novel Politics takes the relationship between literature and politics seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a classic text about Australian society. These authors bridge the history of local writing, from pre-Federation colonial Australia (Catherine Spence, Rosa Praed and Catherine Martin) to the contemporary moment (Tim Winton, Christos Tsiolkas and Kim Scott).
Novel Politics unpicks the many political threads woven into these books, as they document the social world as it exists, while suggesting new possibilities for the nation's future. As political commentators of a particular kind, all six authors offer unique insights into the deeper roots of politics in Australia, beyond the theatre of parliament and out into the wider social world, as imagined by its dreamers and criticised by its most incisive discontents.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Politics and the Study of Literature
Part One
Chapter 1 Catherine Spence’s Clara Morison
Chapter 2 Rosa Praed’s Policy and Passion
Chapter 3 Catherine Martin’s An Australian Girl
Part Two
Chapter 4 Tim Winton’s Dirt Music
Chapter 5 Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap
Chapter 6 Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance and Taboo
Conclusion: Literature and the Study of Politics
Novel Politics unpicks the many political threads woven into these books, as they document the social world as it exists, while suggesting new possibilities for the nation's future. As political commentators of a particular kind, all six authors offer unique insights into the deeper roots of politics in Australia, beyond the theatre of parliament and out into the wider social world, as imagined by its dreamers and criticised by its most incisive discontents.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Politics and the Study of Literature
Part One
Chapter 1 Catherine Spence’s Clara Morison
Chapter 2 Rosa Praed’s Policy and Passion
Chapter 3 Catherine Martin’s An Australian Girl
Part Two
Chapter 4 Tim Winton’s Dirt Music
Chapter 5 Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap
Chapter 6 Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance and Taboo
Conclusion: Literature and the Study of Politics
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