Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South

Telling Stories explores the interaction between literary culture and the public sphere in Australia, in a series of informative, witty, intelligent and thought-provoking essays. In doing so it unearths the fascinating and changing role that literature has played in Australia’s sporting, political,...

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Main Author: Genoni, Paul
Other Authors: Tanya Dalziell
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Monash University Publishing 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43831
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description Telling Stories explores the interaction between literary culture and the public sphere in Australia, in a series of informative, witty, intelligent and thought-provoking essays. In doing so it unearths the fascinating and changing role that literature has played in Australia’s sporting, political, civic and cultural life. The essays span many forms (fiction, memoir, letters, public lectures, theatre, cartoons, song) so that authors expressing themselves in very different ways and in different historical periods are heard in conversation for the first time. Accomplished writers and canonical texts share the pages with political milestones, cinematic breakthroughs, turning points in popular culture, largely forgotten novels and memorable musical and sporting moments, to provide a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of literary Australia. Telling Stories follows a chronological structure from 1935 to 2012, with each year (more or less) being represented with an entry (or two).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-438312023-02-13T08:01:35Z Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South Genoni, Paul Tanya Dalziell Paul Genoni D'Arcy Niland Surry Hills Ruth Park Sydney Morning Herald Literary Prize Telling Stories explores the interaction between literary culture and the public sphere in Australia, in a series of informative, witty, intelligent and thought-provoking essays. In doing so it unearths the fascinating and changing role that literature has played in Australia’s sporting, political, civic and cultural life. The essays span many forms (fiction, memoir, letters, public lectures, theatre, cartoons, song) so that authors expressing themselves in very different ways and in different historical periods are heard in conversation for the first time. Accomplished writers and canonical texts share the pages with political milestones, cinematic breakthroughs, turning points in popular culture, largely forgotten novels and memorable musical and sporting moments, to provide a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of literary Australia. Telling Stories follows a chronological structure from 1935 to 2012, with each year (more or less) being represented with an entry (or two). 2013 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43831 Monash University Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle D'Arcy Niland
Surry Hills
Ruth Park
Sydney Morning Herald Literary Prize
Genoni, Paul
Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title_full Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title_fullStr Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title_full_unstemmed Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title_short Slumming it: Ruth Park's The Harp in the South
title_sort slumming it: ruth park's the harp in the south
topic D'Arcy Niland
Surry Hills
Ruth Park
Sydney Morning Herald Literary Prize
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43831