Islands, Identity And The Literary Imagination

Elizabeth Mcmahon

ISBN 10: 1783085347 / ISBN 13: 9781783085347

Editore: Parlux, 2005

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• Titolo: Islands, Identity And The Literary Imagination
• Editore: Parlux
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1783085347
• ISBN 13: 9781783085347
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Très bon

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Riassunto

Australia is the planet’s sole island continent. This book argues that the uniqueness of this geography has shaped Australian history and culture, including its literature. Further, it shows how the fluctuating definition of the island continent throws new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity. The book links the historical and geographical conditions of islands with their potent role in the imaginary of European colonisation. It prises apart the tangled web of geography, fantasy, desire and writing that has framed the Western understanding of islands: their real and material conditions and their symbolic resonance from antiquity into globalised modernity. The book also traces how this spatial imaginary has shaped the modern 'man' who is imagined as being the island's natural inhabitant or mirror. Importantly, the book challenges these habits of thought by their relocation within larger topological and imaginary visions from islanders themsleves.

Informazioni sull?autore

Elizabeth McMahon is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales.