Shortlisted for the Walter McRae Russel Award 2019Australian Books
and Authors in the American Marketplace 1840s-1940s explores how
Australian writers and their works were present in the United
States before the mid-20th century to a much greater degree than
previously acknowledged. Drawing on fresh archival research and
combining the approaches of literary criticism, print culture
studies and book history, David Carter and Roger Osborne
demonstrate that Australian writing was transnational long before
the contemporary period. In mapping Australian literature's
connections to British and US markets, their research challenges
established understandings of national, imperial and world
literatures. Carter and Osborne examine how Australian authors,
editors and publishers engaged productively with their American
counterparts, and how American readers and reviewers responded to
Australian works. They consider the role played by British
publishers and agents in taking Australian writing to America, and
creating new opportunities for novelists to move between markets.
Some of these writers, such as Christina Stead and Patrick White,
remain household names; others who once enjoyed international fame,
such as Dale Collins and Alice Grant Rosman, have been largely
forgotten. The story of their books in America reveals how culture,
commerce and copyright law interacted to create both opportunities
and obstacles for Australian writers.
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