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Zusatztext This volume is a marvellous resource ... As it records the artists' and critics' efforts to showcase the local and transnational richness of novelistic production, this book will undoubtedly become a new bible for generations of literary researchers to come. Informationen zum Autor Coral Ann Howells is Professor Emerita of English and Canadian Literature at the University of Reading, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of LondonPaul Sharrad is Associate Professor of English Literatures at the University of WollongongGerry Turcotte is Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Provost of the Sydney Campus at the University of Notre Dame, Australia Klappentext This multi-authored volume offers a comprehensive account of English language novels and related prose fiction since 1950 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The essays within explore the repositioning of these national literatures in a world literary context, through a focus on the novel and short story. Zusammenfassung This multi-authored volume offers a comprehensive account of English language novels and related prose fiction since 1950 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The essays within explore the repositioning of these national literatures in a world literary context, through a focus on the novel and short story. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's Preface Introduction Editorial Note Part I: Book History 1: Katherine Bode: Australia 2: George L. Parker: Canada 3: Elizabeth Caffin: Aotearoa/New Zealand 4: Linda Crowl: South Pacific Part II: Identities in Transition 5: Brigid Rooney: Australia 6: Cynthia Sugars: Canada 7: Kirstine Moffat: Aotearoa/New Zealand 8: Paul Sharrad: South Pacific 9: Janet Wilson: Transnational Movements: Australia, Canada, New Zealand Part III: Fictional Modes 10: Donna Coates: Realist Fiction since 1950 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific) 11: Lydia Wevers: Historical Fiction (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific) 12: Anouk Lang: Modernist Fiction/Alternative modernisms (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) 13: Gerry Turcotte: Postcolonial Gothic (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific) 14: Victoria Kuttainen and Greg Manning: Postmodernist and Literary Experiments (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific) 15: Clare Bradford: Children's and Young Adult Novels (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Pacific) Part IV: Australia 16: Margaret Harris: Major Authors: Christina Stead, Patrick White, David Malouf 17: Elizabeth Webby: The Short Story in Australia 18: Peter Minter and Belinda Wheeler: Aboriginal novels 19: Robyn Morris: Multicultural and Transnational Novels 20: Roslyn Weaver: Popular Fiction Part V: Canada 21: Coral Ann Howells: Major Authors: Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje 22: W. H. New: The Short Story in Canada 23: Tara Hyland-Russell: First Nations Novels 24: Isabel Carrera-Suárez: Multicultural and Transnational Novels 25: Marilyn Rose and Jeannette Sloniowski: Popular Fiction Part VI: New Zealand 26: Lawrence Jones: Major Authors: Janet Frame, Patricia Grace and Maurice Gee 27: Dougal McNeill: The Short Story in Aotearoa/ New Zealand 28: Christine Prentice: Maori Novels in English 29: James Meffan: Multicultural and Transnational Novels 30: Jenny Lawn: Popular Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Crime Fiction) Part VII: South Pacific 31: Michelle Keown: Major Authors: Albert Wendt, Epeli Hau'ofa and Sia Figiel 32: Steven Winduo: Indigenous Pacific Fiction in English: the 'first wave' 33: Mohit Prasad: Indigenous Pacific Fiction in English: the 'niu wave' Part VIII: Critical Reception 34: Linda Crowl, Susan Fisher, Elizabeth Webby, and L...
