Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950

Name: Lusting for London
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9780230338883
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9780230338883

by P. Morton

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0230338887

ISBN-13 9780230338883

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 15th, 2011

Print length 284 Pages

Weight 470 grams

Dimensions 22.30 x 13.70 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: Europe Western Europe Literary studies: general

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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.

Long before the post-WWII migration, over one hundred Australian writers left their homeland to seek fame and fortune in London. Some made little mark despite their arduous efforts; some made a tolerable living; a few, like Martin Boyd, H.H. Richardson and Christina Stead, actually achieved permanent fame. Lusting for London analyses how these writers reacted to their new surroundings-in both their autobiographical writings and their creative work. With wit and rigor, Peter Morton studies the expatriate experience and reveals the ways in which the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia.

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