Lusting for London
Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950
Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · November 15, 2011
This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901.
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- Who it’s for
- Peter Morton traces how London shaped young Australian writers and Australia's literary culture.
- Genres
- Australian & Pacific Lit Crit, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Palgrave Macmillan, November 15, 2011
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This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia.
Australian Writers Abroad
Peter Morton traces how London shaped young Australian writers and Australia's literary culture.
Come here for
- Young Australian writers in London before and after Federation
- How expatriation affected Australia's literary culture
Expect
- Careers shaped by changing country of residence
- The loss of expatriates from Australia's literary life
Where it sits
| Australian & Pacific Lit Crit | 95% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Creative Writing
- Authors
- P. Morton, Peter Morton
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- November 15, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History