'A Place of Ideals in Conflict': Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth.century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:49869 2023-05-15T13:40:51+02:00 'A Place of Ideals in Conflict': Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature Leane, E 2007 application/pdf http://www.rodopi.nl http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49869 en eng Rodopi http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49869/1/Scan - A place of ideals in conflict.pdf Leane, E, 'A Place of Ideals in Conflict': Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature, The Littoral Zone: Australian Contexts and Their Writers, Rodopi, CA. Cranston and Robert Zeller (ed), Amsterdam, pp. 261-289. ISBN 978-90-420-2218-8 (2007) [Research Book Chapter] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49869 Language Communication and Culture Literary Studies Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) Research Book Chapter NonPeerReviewed 2007 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T21:24:20Z This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth.century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity, and fragility. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth.century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity, and fragility. |
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49869/1/Scan - A place of ideals in conflict.pdf Leane, E, 'A Place of Ideals in Conflict': Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature, The Littoral Zone: Australian Contexts and Their Writers, Rodopi, CA. Cranston and Robert Zeller (ed), Amsterdam, pp. 261-289. ISBN 978-90-420-2218-8 (2007) [Research Book Chapter] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/49869 |
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