A fresh, twenty-first-century look at Australian literature in a
broad, inclusive, and multicultural sense. Australian literature is
one of the world's richest, dealing not only with "local"
Australian themes and issues but with those at the forefront of
global literary discussion. This book offers a fresh look at
Australian literature,taking a broad view of what literature is and
viewing it with Australian cultural and societal concerns in mind.
Especially relevant is the heightened role of indigenous people and
issues following the landmark 1992 Mabo decision on Aboriginal land
rights. But attention to other multicultural connections and the
competing pull of Australia's continued connection to Great Britain
are also enlightening. Chapters are devoted to internationally
prominent writers such as Patrick White, Peter Carey, David Malouf,
and Christina Stead; fast-rising authors such as Gerald Murnane and
Tim Winton; less-publicized writers such as Xavier Herbert and
Dorothy Hewett; and on prose fiction,poetry, and drama, women's and
gay and lesbian writing, children's literature, and science
fiction. The Companion goes beyond Eurocentric ideas of national
literary history to reveal the full, resplendent variety of
Australian writing. Contributors: Nicholas Birns, Rebecca McNeer,
Ali Gumillya Baker, Gus Worby, Anita Heiss, Ruth Feingold, Wenche
Ommundsen, Susan Jacobowitz, Deborah Madsen, Marguerite Nolan,
Tanya Dalziell, Richard Carr, David McCooey, Maryrose Casey, Brigid
Rooney, John Beston, John Scheckter, Werner Senn, Carolyn Bliss,
Paul Genono, Lyn Jacobs, Nicole Moore, Ouyang Yu, Jaroslav Kusnir,
Brigid Magner, Russel Blackford, Toni Johnson-Woods, Theodore F.
Sheckels, Alice Mills, Gary Clark, Damien Barlow, Leigh Dale
Nicholas Birns teaches literature at the New School in New York
City and is the editor of Antipodes. Rebecca McNeer is Associate
Dean Emerita at Ohio University Southern.
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