The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

by Elizabeth Webby (Editor)

This book introduces in a lively and succinct way the major writers, literary movements, styles and genres that, at the beginning of a new century, are seen as constituting the field of Australian literature. The book consciously takes a perspective that sees literary works not as aesthetic objects created in isolation by unique individuals, but as cultural products influenced and constrained by the social, political and economic circumstances of their times. It will be an indispensable reference for both national and international readers. It covers Indigenous texts, colonial writing and reading, poetry, fiction and theater throughout two centuries, biography and autobiography, and literary criticism in Australia.

Genres: Australia, Nonfiction, Books About Books, Literary Criticism

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 1996

About the author

Elizabeth Webby (9 February 1942 – 6 August 2023) was an Australian literary critic, editor and scholar of literature.

Reviews

[BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)]

I use it as a reference book.