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 shifting understandings of the island continent shed new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity.
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 shifting understandings of the island continent shed new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity.
Section 1. Islands Real and Imaginary Introduction Chapter One. What's in a Metaphor: 'No Man is an Island' Section 2. Islands: Making the Planet, World, Globe Chapter Two: The First and Last Of New Worlds: The Caribbean and Australia Chapter Three: Insular and Continental Interiors: The Shifting Map of Literary Universalism after the War Section 3. Dreams and Nightmares Chapter Four: Accidents of Empire: Shipwrecks and Castaways Chapter Five: The Best and Worst of Times: Utopias, Dystopias, Archipelagos.
Section 1. Islands Real and Imaginary Introduction Chapter One. What's in a Metaphor: 'No Man is an Island' Section 2. Islands: Making the Planet, World, Globe Chapter Two: The First and Last Of New Worlds: The Caribbean and Australia Chapter Three: Insular and Continental Interiors: The Shifting Map of Literary Universalism after the War Section 3. Dreams and Nightmares Chapter Four: Accidents of Empire: Shipwrecks and Castaways Chapter Five: The Best and Worst of Times: Utopias, Dystopias, Archipelagos.
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