Author: TURNER, HENRY GYLES; SUTHERLAND, ALEXANDER.
Title: The Development Of Australian Literature.
Description: First UK Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 343; 6 b/w illustrations, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, endpapers a little browned, some marginal marks and underlining in ink throughout, good copy. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1898. One of the first systematic attempts to show the emergence of a truly Australian literature and culture. "Australian Literature begins to assume some definiteness of form. Though still of utter immaturity, it is gathering a certain individuality of its own, and asserts its usefulness in its own department and after its own way."
Keywords: Australian Literature History Poetry Poems Writings Authors Books on Books
Title: The Development Of Australian Literature.
Description: First UK Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 343; 6 b/w illustrations, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, endpapers a little browned, some marginal marks and underlining in ink throughout, good copy. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1898. One of the first systematic attempts to show the emergence of a truly Australian literature and culture. "Australian Literature begins to assume some definiteness of form. Though still of utter immaturity, it is gathering a certain individuality of its own, and asserts its usefulness in its own department and after its own way."
Keywords: Australian Literature History Poetry Poems Writings Authors Books on Books
Price: AUD 45.00 = appr. US$ 31.13 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 126159
- Book number: 126159