Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under

ISBN: 0345368002

Author: Edelson, Phyllis Fahrie F.

Condition: New

Spanning more than a century, Australian Literature crystallizes a spirit, style, and ethos found nowhere else in world literature. These captivating selections in Australian Literature come from major voices, both famous and lesser known, and encompass short stories, memoirs, novels and aboriginal writings. Resonant or wryly witty, charming or disturbing, they explore themes deeply rooted in the Australian experience-shaping the land, the legacies of the convict past, the displacement of the aborigine, the search for a national identity, sex, love, and commitment.Including these stories:The Drovers Wife by Henry LawsonThe Chosen Vessel by Barbara BayntonThe Loaded Dog by Henry LawsonFrom The Tree of Man by Patrick WhiteThe Night We Watched for Wallabies by Steele RuddA Gentlemans Agreement by Elizabeth JolleyNorthern Belle by Thea AstleyThe Cooboo by Katharine Susannah PrichardFrom Dr. Wooreddys Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World by Colin JohnsonGoing Home by Archie WellerFrom Wanamurraganya: The Story of Jack McPhee by Sally MorganBreaking a Mans Spirit by Marcus ClarkeAbsalom Days Promotion by Price WarungThe First Days by A. B. FaceyIn the Trenches by A. B. FaceyFrom The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea by Randolph StowThe Kyogle Line by David MaloufAmerican Dreams by Peter CareyWilly-wagtails by Moonlight by Patrick WhiteA Good Marriage by Olga MastersCivilization and Its Discontents by Helen GarnerThe Train Will Shortly Arrive by Frank MoorhouseTwo Hanged Women by Henry Handel RichardsonBrown Seaweed and Old Fish Nets by Christina SteadThe Woman at the Window by Marian EldridgeA Woman with Black Hair by Beverley FarmerBlood and Water by Tim Winton