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Imagining The Antipodes
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Author : Peter Beilharz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-08-22
Imagining The Antipodes written by Peter Beilharz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-22 with Art categories.
Bernard Smith is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading intellectuals. Yet the recognition of his work has been partial, focused on art history and anthropology. Peter Beilharz argues that Smith's work also contains a social theory, or a way of thinking about Australian culture and identity in the world system. Smith enables us to think matters of place and cultural imperialism through the image of being not Australian so much as antipodean. Australian identities are constructed by the relationship between core and periphery, making them both European and Other at the same time. This 1997 work is a book-length analysis of Bernard Smith's work and is the result of careful and systematic research into Smith's published works and his private papers. It is both an introduction to Smith's thinking and an important interpretive argument about imperialism and the antipodes.
The Idea Of The Antipodes
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Author : Matthew Boyd Goldie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-01-31
The Idea Of The Antipodes written by Matthew Boyd Goldie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-31 with History categories.
A study that uses critical theory to investigate the history of how people have thought about the antipodes - the places and people on the other side of the world - from ancient Greece to present-day literature and digital media.
The Imagination In Early Modern English Literature
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Author : Deanna Smid
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-08-28
The Imagination In Early Modern English Literature written by Deanna Smid and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
In The Imagination in Early Modern English Literature, Deanna Smid presents a literary, historical account of imagination in early modern English literature, paying special attention to its effects on the body, to its influence on women, to its restraint by reason, and to its ability to create novelty. An early modern definition of imagination emerges in the work of Robert Burton, Francis Bacon, Edward Reynolds, and Margaret Cavendish. Smid explores a variety of literary texts, from Thomas Nashe’s The Unfortunate Traveler to Francis Quarles’s Emblems, to demonstrate the literary consequences of the early modern imagination. The Imagination in Early Modern English Literature insists that, if we are to call an early modern text “imaginative,” we must recognize the unique characteristics of early modern English imagination, in all its complexity.
Antipodean America
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Author : Paul Giles
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-12-11
Antipodean America written by Paul Giles and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although North America and Australasia occupy opposite ends of the earth, they have never been that far from each other conceptually. The United States and Australia both began as British colonies and mutual entanglements continue today, when contemporary cultures of globalization have brought them more closely into juxtaposition. Taking this transpacific kinship as his focus, Paul Giles presents a sweeping study that spans two continents and over three hundred years of literary history to consider the impact of Australia and New Zealand on the formation of U.S. literature. Early American writers such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Joel Barlow and Charles Brockden Brown found the idea of antipodes to be a creative resource, but also an alarming reminder of Great Britain's increasing sway in the Pacific. The southern seas served as inspiration for narratives by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville. For African Americans such as Harriet Jacobs, Australia represented a haven from slavery during the gold rush era, while for E.D.E.N. Southworth its convict legacy offered an alternative perspective on the British class system. In the 1890s, Henry Adams and Mark Twain both came to Australasia to address questions of imperial rivalry and aesthetic topsy-turvyness. The second half of this study considers how Australia's political unification through Federation in 1901 significantly altered its relationship to the United States. New modes of transport and communication drew American visitors, including novelist Jack London. At the same time, Americans associated Australia and New Zealand with various kinds of utopian social reform, particularly in relation to gender politics, a theme Giles explores in William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Miles Franklin. He also considers how American modernism in New York was inflected by the Australasian perspectives of Lola Ridge and Christina Stead, and how Australian modernism was in turn shaped by American styles of iconoclasm. After World War II, Giles examines how the poetry of Karl Shapiro, Louis Simpson, Yusef Komunyakaa, and others was influenced by their direct experience of Australia. He then shifts to post-1945 fiction, where the focus extends from Irish-American cultural politics (Raymond Chandler, Thomas Keneally) to the paradoxes of exile (Shirley Hazzard, Peter Carey) and the structural inversions of postmodernism and posthumanism (Salman Rushdie, Donna Haraway). Ranging from figures like John Ledyard to John Ashbery, from Emily Dickinson to Patricia Piccinini and J. M. Coetzee, Antipodean America is a truly epic work of transnational literary history.
Comedy Fantasy And Colonialism
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Author : Graeme Harper
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2002-08-01
Comedy Fantasy And Colonialism written by Graeme Harper and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-01 with History categories.
Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.
Venturing Into The Unseen Untold Chronicles Of America S Discovery
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Author : Pasquale De Marco
language : en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date : 2025-07-18
Venturing Into The Unseen Untold Chronicles Of America S Discovery written by Pasquale De Marco and has been published by Pasquale De Marco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-18 with History categories.
Embark on a captivating journey through the world of exploration, where mysteries, challenges, and triumphs converge. Venturing into the Unseen unveils the fascinating story of how America was discovered, shedding light on the motivations, rivalries, and achievements that shaped this pivotal moment in human history. From the whispers of ancient legends and folklore to the daring voyages of Norse explorers, this book delves into the intriguing evidence that suggests pre-Columbian contact between Europe and North America. Unravel the enigma of Vinland, a mysterious land believed to be part of North America, through archaeological discoveries and Norse sagas that provide tantalizing clues about their presence. Witness the rise of mapmakers and cartographers, whose intricate maps and globes shaped our understanding of the world. Explore the techniques and challenges faced by these pioneers as they attempted to depict a world that was still largely a mystery, piecing together fragments of knowledge to create a comprehensive picture of the Earth. Follow the footsteps of those who embarked on perilous expeditions in search of the elusive Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Navigate treacherous waters and encounter unexpected obstacles alongside these intrepid explorers, driven by the allure of discovery and the promise of riches. Delve into the motivations and rivalries that fueled the race among European powers to reach the Indies, a land of untold wealth and exotic spices. Witness the impact of trade and the quest for wealth on the course of exploration, as nations competed for dominance and sought to establish global empires. Venturing into the Unseen culminates in a thought-provoking examination of the lasting impact of exploration on the world. From the exchange of knowledge and technologies to the consequences of colonialism, this book explores the enduring legacy of exploration on our modern world. Discover how the Age of Exploration transformed our understanding of geography, science, and cultures, leaving an indelible mark on the course of human history. If you like this book, write a review!
The British World And An Australian National Identity
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Author : Jared van Duinen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-14
The British World And An Australian National Identity written by Jared van Duinen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-14 with History categories.
This book explores the dynamics of Anglo-Australian cricketing relations within the ‘British World’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores what these interactions can tell us about broader Anglo-Australian relations during this period and, in particular, the evolution of an Australian national identity. Sport was, and is, a key aspect of Australian culture. Jared van Duinen demonstrates how sport was used to rehearse an identity that would then emerge in broader cultural and political terms. Using cricket as a case study, this book contributes to the ongoing historiographical debate about the nature and evolution of an Australian national identity.
Images Of The Antipodes In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : David Fausett
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-03-07
Images Of The Antipodes In The Eighteenth Century written by David Fausett and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
How did Europeans view the unknown region at their antipodes in early times, before the explorations of Captain Cook and others made it well known? Throughout the ages it has evoked fantastic images which affected the arts and sciences, and the evolution of the novel in the century prior to the major discoveries was influenced in the same way. The eighteenth century was also a critical phase in European social history, a time when many modern patterns of economic life and international relations were formed. Distant explorations and discoveries bore implications for that process, which tended to be worked out in fictional voyages mingling fact with fiction. Images of the Antipodes asks what these can tell us about Europe's expansion to the limits of the New World - about the first contacts between cultures with very different worldviews, about the colonial relations that followed, and about the geopolitics of the region since then. They offer a perspective on cross- cultural relationships generally - nowhere more apparent than in their use of ancient images of the antipodes. This is the third part of a study on the intellectual history of travel fiction, and deals with the period from the 1720s to the 1790s, focusing on an issue that is as vital now as it was then: cultural or racial stereotyping, and the link between this and the differing politico-economic aspirations of peoples. It is a dual problem of exploitation, which has been associated with the antipodes since the beginnings of Western literature. The book discusses teratological fantasies, the literary background in utopias and Robinsonades, Gulliver's Travels and other travel fiction from mid-century onwards, the parallels between real and imaginary voyages, and the way the latter often prefigured the rise of modern anthropology and of colonial relationships in the austral regions. Particularly relevant was the odd blend of arcadianism and horror inspired by, or projected onto, these places in the later eighteenth century - as it had long been in the past. The works discussed are chiefly English and French, but include other European examples of the type.
Readings Writings
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Author : Greg Dening
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
Release Date : 1998
Readings Writings written by Greg Dening and has been published by Melbourne University Publish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Reading is a dance on the beaches of the mind, writes Greg Dening. His reading-dances are about the pain of cross-cultural encounters, of loomings beyond the horizons of discipline, gender and race, of the pleasures of a hundred texts. In Readings/Writings his aim is to cultivate our imaginations so that we might see further, understand more deeply and hear more acutely. This book opens with Dening's extraordinary piece, 'Memorial', a deeply moving reading of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Dening's profound yet lucid reflections on the meanings contained in this stark, simple memorial set the tone for the book.
Growing Good Catholic Girls
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Author : Christine Trimingham Jack
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Growing Good Catholic Girls written by Christine Trimingham Jack and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Social Science categories.
"Based on interviews with young Australian girls who lived in Sacred Heart convent boarding schools between 1940 and 1965, this illuminating study provides insight into the Catholic model of education before Vatican II, when obedience, conformity, and repression were used to teach young girls how to be ladies and become “good.” The school's social order and the ways that students responded to the regimen of study and religion are explored. The narratives of one particular school provide a critique of gender fashioning, traditional Catholic symbols and myths, and effective methods of education."