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Author:   Chrystopher J. Spicer
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781476681566

ISBN 10:   1476681562
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi Foreword by Stephen Torre 1 Introduction 5 One. The Cyclone Written into the Language of Place 9 Two. The Naming of the Disaster 44 Three. Big wind, he waiting there : Vance Palmer's Cyclones of Apocalypse and Their Power of Revelation 64 Four. Touching the edges of cyclones : Thea Astley's Cyclones of Revelation 84 Five. Threading the Eye of the Cyclone: Elizabeth Hunter's Epiphany in Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm 98 Six. Earth Breathing: Susan Hawthorne's Cyclone Within 117 Seven. The Apocalypse and Epiphany of Cyclone in the Land of Alexis Wright's Carpentaria 135 Eight. The Word Becomes the Cyclone: Revelations of the Literary Storm 155 Appendix A: Fiction and Poetry Written and/or Set in Queensland Featuring Cyclones 173 Appendix B: Selected International Novels and Poetry Works Featuring Cyclonic Storms 176 Bibliography 179 Index 193

Reviews

a thought-provoking, sophisticated, and highly complex book that lovers of Australian literature, in particular, will find engrossing. --North Queensland History The book is a significant achievement and a welcome contribution to the cultural understanding of tropical storms. --Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies

“The book is a significant achievement and a welcome contribution to the cultural understanding of tropical storms.”—Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies “a thought-provoking, sophisticated, and highly complex book that lovers of Australian literature, in particular, will find engrossing.”—North Queensland History

The book is a significant achievement and a welcome contribution to the cultural understanding of tropical storms. --Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies

Author Information

Chrystopher J. Spicer has written extensively about Australian and American film and history. He teaches writing and communication at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.

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