Acknowledgements
Preface
Australian Literature: From Modern to Contemporary
1 Australian Literature in a Time of Winners and Losers
2 Christina Stead: Australian in Modernity
3 “Medium-sized Mortals”: Elizabeth Harrower and the Crisis of Late Modernity
4 The Long and the Short of It: The Shape of Contemporary Australian Literature
The Affects of Contemporary Australian Literature
5 The Ludicrous Pageant: Challenging Consensus Through Rancour
6 Failing to Be Separate: Race, Land, Concern
7 Australia’s International Styles: The Idealisms of Architecture and Mobility
Australian Literature in the World Market
8 Australian Abroad: Peter Carey’s Inside Course
9 History Made Present: Hannah Kent and Eleanor Catton
Afterword: Sly Change
Works Cited
Index

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