A Question of Commitment
Australian literature in the twenty years after the war
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-04-355032-8 (ISBN)
Description
A Question of Commitment examines the attitudes of writers as diverse as James McAuley, Frank Hardy, Judith Wright, Patrick White and A. D. Hope as they responded to changes in postwar Australian society. Susan McKernan's lively exploration contextualises and explains the creative choices these writers made, and introduces wider intellectual
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
Australia
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-355032-8 (9780043550328)
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Person
Susan McKernan is a graduate of the Australian National University and the University of Sydney. A frequent reviewer for the Bulletin and Australian literary journals, she has taught literature in Australian universities for a number of years and lectures in English at the University College, Australian Defence Force Academy.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Pursuing the National Tradition
2 Cultural Freedom and Quadrant
3 James McAuley's Quest
4 Uncommitted Modern Man: A. D. Hope
5 Douglas Stewart and the Bulletin
6 The Writer and the Crisis: Judith Wright and David Campbell
7 A New Kind of Novel: the Work of Patrick White
8 Drama, Old and New
9 Australian Civilisation?
Endnotes
Index