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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination
Af: Elizabeth McMahon
Engelsk
Bogcover for Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination af Elizabeth McMahon, 9781783085347
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Engelsk
Sider:
312
ISBN-13:
9781783085347
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1783085347
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Udg. Dato:
9 jul 2016
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,3 x 2,6
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Oplagsdato:
9 jul 2016
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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination

Af: Elizabeth McMahon
Engelsk
Hardback 2016
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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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312
ISBN-13:
9781783085347
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1783085347
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Udg. Dato:
9 jul 2016
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,3 x 2,6
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Oplagsdato:
9 jul 2016
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