Overview
RichardFlanagan: Critical Essays is the first book to be published about thelife and work of this major world author. Written by twelve leading criticsfrom Australia, Europe and North America, these richly varied essays offer newways of understanding Flanagan's contribution to Tasmanian, Australian andworld literature. Flanagan's fictional worlds offer empathetic,often poignant, renderings of those whose voices have been lost beneathofficial accounts of history, stories from a small region that have made theirmark on a global scale. Considering his seven novels as well as his non-fiction,journalism and correspondence, this collection examines the historical andgeographical factors that have shaped Flanagan's representation of Tasmanianidentity. This collection offers new insights into adeterminedly regional writer, and the impact he has had on a local,national and global scale.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Robert Dixon ,
Ben Holgate
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 0.365kg
ISBN: 9781743325827
ISBN 10: 1743325827
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 12 October 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Among the things we learn from the dozen scholarly essays that make up this monograph, remarkably the first extended study of Flanagan's writing, is that the Tasmanian's career has been built by reversing that current of indifference and oversight [of mainland Australians deleting Tasmania from the map].' -- Geordie Williamson * Weekend Australian * 'Apart from reviews, there were a few articles scattered in academic journals but no easily accessible, book-length study. So this new collection of essays on his work, edited by Robert Dixon, is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of our latest literary superstar.' -- Susan Lever * Australian Book Review * 'This thoughtful and erudite collection is a worthy addition to a growing body of work on a writer whose prose is profoundly humane and who has much yet to show us.' -- Joanne Curry * mETAphor *
‘Among the things we learn from the dozen scholarly essays that make up this monograph, remarkably the first extended study of Flanagan’s writing, is that the Tasmanian’s career has been built by reversing that current of indifference and oversight [of mainland Australians deleting Tasmania from the map].’ -- Geordie Williamson * Weekend Australian * ‘Apart from reviews, there were a few articles scattered in academic journals but no easily accessible, book-length study. So this new collection of essays on his work, edited by Robert Dixon, is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of our latest literary superstar.’ -- Susan Lever * Australian Book Review * 'This thoughtful and erudite collection is a worthy addition to a growing body of work on a writer whose prose is profoundly humane and who has much yet to show us.' -- Joanne Curry * mETAphor *
Author Information
Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney and general editor of the Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series. His previous books include Alex Miller: The Ruin of Time, and Photography, Early Cinema and Colonial Modernity.
