Introduction [to Turning the century: writing of the 1890s]
Edited book (chapter)
Lee, Christopher. 1999. "Introduction [to Turning the century: writing of the 1890s]." Lee, Christopher (ed.) Turning the century: writing of the 1890s. St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia. University of Queensland Press. pp. xi-xxviii
| Chapter Title | Introduction [to Turning the century: writing of the 1890s] |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| Book Title | Turning the century: writing of the 1890s |
| Authors | |
| Author | Lee, Christopher |
| Editors | Lee, Christopher |
| Page Range | xi-xxviii |
| Number of Pages | 18 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Publisher | University of Queensland Press |
| Place of Publication | St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia |
| ISBN | 0702230545 |
| Abstract | This introduction to a collection of Australian writing from the 1890s surveys the ways in which Australian literature responded to a set of social, cultural, and political problems that were typical of the empire and yet richly inflected by local experience. In the last twenty years our view of this period has been transformed by a new generation of criticism. The fraught relations between the literature associated with the Bulletin, the burgeoning Labour movement, the first wave of feminism and a set of liberal ideas which led to the formation of an imperially loyal and yet reformist bourgeois State have been reinvestigated and new questions asked. This essay considers the writing of the 1890s under the headings: The Legend of the Nineties; The Labour Movement; Feminism; Spirituality; Imperial Frontiers and the Indigene; A Liberal Nation; and The Cultural Heritage. |
| Keywords | Australian identity; Australian politics; nationalism; 1890s; Australian culture; place and identity |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
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