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From a Distant Shore: Australian Writers in Britain 1820-2012 by Bruce Bennett
Category: Australian History | Series: Australian Literary Studies
Bruce Bennett and Anne Pender explore the lives and creative work of Australia's many expatriate writers living and working in Britain since the early nineteenth century. They contest the notion of Australia as an 'import culture' and show Australians exporting literary talent to Britain and further afi ...Show more
Reason and Lovelessness: Essays, Reviews, Encounters - Barry Hill 1985-2015 by Barry Hill; Tom Griffiths (Introduction by)
Category: Short Stories | Series: Literary Studies
"These are intimate, stylish essays. This collection showcases Barry Hill's remarkable intellectual curiosity and erudition. From questions of belonging and attachment, to global challenges of survival, belief and knowledge, Barry unflinchingly pushes through new frontiers to reveal, with passion and pr ...Show more
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry - Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets by Thomas Percy (Editor)
Category: Poetry | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
While visiting a friend, the writer and cleric Thomas Percy (1729-1811) noticed a neglected folio whose pages were being used by the maids to light the fire. Upon inspection, this manuscript was found to be a seventeenth-century collection of historical ballads. Following this discovery, Percy collected ...Show more
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