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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination
Engelsk Hardback
Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination
Engelsk Hardback

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"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 hasshaped 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"--
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
312
ISBN-13:
9781783085347
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1783085347
Udg. Dato:
9 jul 2016
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
153mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
Anthem Press
Oplagsdato:
9 jul 2016
Forfatter(e):
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