From progress into stand-still days: literature, history and the Darling Downs

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Lee, Christopher. 2007. "From progress into stand-still days: literature, history and the Darling Downs." Buckridge, Pat and McKay, Belinda Jane (ed.) By the book: a literary history of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia. University of Queensland Press. pp. 111-139

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Chapter Title	From progress into stand-still days: literature, history and the Darling Downs
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
Book Title	By the book: a literary history of Queensland
Author	Lee, Christopher
Editors	Buckridge, Pat and McKay, Belinda Jane
Page Range	111-139
Number of Pages	29
Year	2007
Publisher	University of Queensland Press
Place of Publication	Brisbane, Australia
ISBN	9780702234682
Web Address (URL)	http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/book_details.php?id=9780702234682
Abstract	This essay uses an account of the literary history of the Darling Downs region in Queensland, Australia to explore some of the issues relating to regional history and identity. It explores the ways in which concepts of regionalism 'collect' a literature into a 'history' and pays particular attention to literary institutions and reading communities as well as texts and authors. The account examines gender, race, place and identity and includes discussions of the works of George Essex Evans, Steele Rudd, Alice Monkton Duncan-Kemp, Dorothy Cottrell, Margaret Trist, David Rowbotham, Bruce Dawe and Jean Kent.
Keywords	literary history; regionalism; identity; race; gender; class; literary societies; Australian literature; Queensland writing
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	441003. Rural sociology
	430302. Australian history
	470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature)
Public Notes	Author retains copyright.
Byline Affiliations	School of Humanities and Communication

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