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JOSE, NICHOLAS (GENERAL EDITOR) (WITH A FOREWORD BY THOMAS KENEALLY) - The Literature of Australia an Anthology

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New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393072614. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute and Morris West. Notable contemporary expatriate authors include the feminist Germaine Greer, art historian Robert Hughes and humorists Barry Humphries and Clive James. Among the important authors of classic Australian works are the poets Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, C. J. Dennis and Dorothea Mackellar. Dennis wrote in the Australian vernacular, while Mackellar wrote the iconic patriotic poem My Country. Lawson and Paterson clashed in the famous "Bulletin Debate" over the nature of life in Australia with Lawson considered to have the harder edged view of the Bush and Paterson the romantic. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3953] Book number 40184

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