| Lusting for London: Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Morton, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349341991 ISBN-13: 9781349341993 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.76 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia. |