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Reading Across the Pacific: Australia-United States Intellectual Histories

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Reading Across the Pacific: Australia-United States Intellectual Histories
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Robert Dixon
Edited by Nicholas Birns
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
Literary theory
ISBN/Barcode 9781920899660
ClassificationsDewey:809 801.00
Audience
General
Illustrations 2 b&w ill.

Publishing Details

Publisher Sydney University Press
Imprint Sydney University Press
Publication Date 31 January 2011
Publication Country Australia

Description

The book examines the relations of the two countries, shifting the emphasis from the broad cultural patterns that are often compared, to the specific networks, interactions, and crossings that have characterised Australian literature in the United States and American literature in Australia.

Author Biography

About the editors: Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. He is a general editor in Sydney University Press' Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series. Nicholas Birns is associate professor at the Center for Applied Liberal Arts, New York University.