Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination

AvElizabeth McMahon

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture

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Australia is the planet’s sole island continent. This book argues that the uniqueness of this geography has shaped Australian history and culture, including its literature. Further, it shows how the fluctuating definition of the island continent throws new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity. The book links the historical and geographical conditions of islands with their potent role in the imaginary of European colonisation. It prises apart the tangled web of geography, fantasy, desire and writing that has framed the Western understanding of islands: their real and material conditions and their symbolic resonance from antiquity into globalised modernity. The book also traces how this spatial imaginary has shaped the modern 'man' who is imagined as being the island's natural inhabitant or mirror. Importantly, the book challenges these habits of thought by their relocation within larger topological and imaginary visions from islanders themsleves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-09
Mått:153 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Anthem Press
ISBN:9781783085347
Utmärkelser:Winner of Walter McRae Russell Award 2017 (Australia)

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Elizabeth McMahon is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales.

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Island Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Section 1. Islands Real and Imaginary; Introduction; Chapter One. What’s in a Metaphor: ‘No Man is an Island’; Section 2. Islands: Making the Planet, World, Globe; Chapter Two: The First and Last Of New Worlds: The Caribbean and Australia; Chapter Three: Insular and Continental Interiors: The Shifting Map of Literary Universalism after the War; Section 3. Dreams and Nightmares; Chapter Four: Accidents of Empire: Shipwrecks and Castaways; Chapter Five: The Best and Worst of Times: Utopias, Dystopias, Archipelagos.

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