John Hawke:
Australian Literature & the Symbolist Movement Buy: http://www.uow.edu.au/research/uowpress/books.html Australian literature was never all billabongs and stockmen. Ahead of other English speaking cultures, Australia absorbed the Symbolist message freshly worked out in Paris-initially in Brennan's Bulletin pieces of the 1890s. Symbolism introduced a metaphysical, intellectual strand throughout the 20th century, visible in the work of Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Patrick White, and in the reactions of Hope and McAuley. Review this book for Jacket: http://jacketmagazine.com/rev/unassigned.shtml |
Australian Literature & the Symbolist Movementposted Aug 19, 2009 5:27 PM by John Tranter |