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1014532
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b768902
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| Main Entry
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Mclaren, John D.
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| Title & Author
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Writing in hope and fear : : literature as politics in postwar Australia /\ John McLaren.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1996.
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ix, 245 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521561469
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: 0521567564
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: 9780521561464
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: 9780521567565
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-234) and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue: The Trials of Robert Close and Frank Hardy -- 1. Modernism and Nationalism: Jindyworobaks, Angry Penguins, Meanjin and other Weird Creatures -- 2. Literary Conflicts and Failed Vision: Overland and the Realist Writers Groups -- 3. The Community of Overland: Lambert, Morrison, Waten, Hewett and Martin -- 4. Conspiring for Freedom: The Australian Association for Cultural Freedom -- 5. The Mission of Quadrant: James McAuley and Voices from the Right -- 6. Cold War on Writing: Attacks on Writers and Struggles for Funds -- 7. Proprietors at War: New Journalism in the Lucky Country -- 8. New Little Magazines: Religious Prospect and Secular Dissent -- 9. Opening the Pages: The Subsidized Journals, 1964-72 -- 10. From Rhetoric to Eloquence: The Generation of '68.
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For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debate was marked by the division between radical nationalists on the Left and cultural conservatives on the Right. John McLaren's broad cultural history traces the origins of these conflicts, discusses key literary works and major journals, and focuses on the individuals involved in various sagas and struggles. McLaren shows that writing became a form of politics itself, expressing either hope or fear about the revolution that was perceived to be imminent, as well as reflecting society more broadly. The work of politically committed writers is closely examined, as is the response to ostensibly unpolitical writers. McLaren also considers the new journalism and the work of younger poets. He shows that it was not until the changes brought by the 1960s and the Whitlam government that literature was truly freed from these constraints.
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Australian literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Authors, Australian-- 20th century-- Political and social views.
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Politics and literature-- Australia-- History-- 20th century.
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Australian literature-- History and criticism.
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Australian literature.
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Authors, Australian-- Political and social views.
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Authors, Australian-- 20th century-- Political and social views.
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Literatur
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Littérature australienne-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Politics and government
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Politics and literature-- Australia-- 20th century.
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Politics and literature.
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Politik
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Politique et littérature-- Australie.
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Australia, Politics and government, 1945-
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Australia, Politics and government, 1945-
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Australia.
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Australie, Politique et gouvernement.
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Australien
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/994
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| LC Classification
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PR9609.6.M375 1996
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HQ 1010rvk
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HQ 1025rvk
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