Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination
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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination

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Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination

About this book

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 the fluctuating definition of the island continent throws new light on the relationship between islands and continents in the mapping of modernity. The book links the historical and geographical conditions of islands with their potent role in the imaginary of European colonisation. It prises apart the tangled web of geography, fantasy, desire and writing that has framed the Western understanding of islands: their real and material conditions and their symbolic resonance from antiquity into globalised modernity. The book also traces how this spatial imaginary has shaped the modern 'man' who is imagined as being the island's natural inhabitant or mirror. Importantly, the book challenges these habits of thought by their relocation within larger topological and imaginary visions from islanders themsleves.

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Yes, you can access Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination by Elizabeth McMahon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781783085347
eBook ISBN
9781783085361
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Section 1. Islands Real and Imaginary
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1. What’s in a Metaphor: ‘No Man Is an Island’
  12. Section 2. Islands: Making the Planet, World, Globe
  13. Chapter 2. The First and Last of New Worlds: The Caribbean and Australia
  14. Chapter 3. Insular and Continental Interiors: The Shifting Map of Literary Universalism after the War
  15. Section 3. Dreams and Nightmares
  16. Chapter 4. Accidents of Empire: Shipwrecks and Castaways
  17. Chapter 5. The Best and Worst of Times: Utopias, Dystopias, Archipelagos
  18. Appendix. Colonial Ties between the West Indies and Australia
  19. Notes
  20. Works Cited
  21. Index