| Tim Winton: Critical Essays Contributor(s): McCredden, Lyn (Editor), O'Reilly, Nathanael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1742586066 ISBN-13: 9781742586069 Publisher: University of Western Australia Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 823.92 |
| LCCN: 2013497827 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.18 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why is it that Tim Winton - one of Australia's most popular and literary novelists - has received little sustained critical attention? This collection of essays examines the impact of Winton's work on understanding what it is to be Australian, to be human, to make and question meaning. His novels and short stories are vernacular and lyrical, optimistic and dark, holding up a peculiarly 'Wintonesque' mirror through which Australians - and international readers, differently - can see themselves, refracted. Exploring various themes - such as childhood, masculinity, love, death, landscape, and beauty - the book explores, questions, and debates Winton's fictional works and their contexts in order to understand more fully what is appealing, or unconsciously submerged, or worthy of celebration or interrogation. Subject: Literary Criticism] |