Australia As the Antipodal Utopia - European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Australia has a fascinating history of visions. As the antipode to Europe, Australia provided a radically different and uniquely fertile ground for envisioning places, spaces and societies. 'The Antipodal Utopia' evaluates this complex intellectual history by mapping out how Western visions of Australia evolved from antiquity to the modern period.

List of contents

Foreword by Bill Ashcroft; Introduction; Arcadia Australis; The Civilising Mission; Antipodal Inversion; The Antipodal Uncanny; Antipodal Monstrosity; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Daniel Hempel holds a PhD in English literature from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and an MA in European literature from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He is interested in the various ways in which utopian thinking structures our perception of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Hempel
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781785271397
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-139-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies