Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950
by
P. Morton
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
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:
EuropeWestern EuropeLiterary 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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