Critic Swallows Book Ten Years of the Sydney Review of Books |
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Author:
| Menzies-Pike, Catriona Ball, Timmah Balla, Paola Beeston, Alix Bennett Daylight, Tegan Brooks, Andrew Cassidy, Bonny Nath Chakraborty, Mridula Clark, Tom Cobby Eckermann, Ali Etherington, Ben Gibson, Ross Indyk, Ivor Kassab, Yumna Klee, Louis Leane, Jeanine Ley, James Modjeska, Drusilla Moody, Alys Peres da Costa, Suneeta Reeson, Oliver |
Editor:
| Menzies-Pike, Catriona |
ISBN: | 978-0-6456834-2-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2023 |
Publisher: | Western Sydney University
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | AUD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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In 2023 the Sydney Review of Books celebrates a decade online and the publication of more than a thousand essays and longform reviews of Australian and international literature. Over these ten years the SRB has cleared a unique space for serious reflection on literature and for critical thinking about our culture more broadly. The journal has been shaped by the diverse aesthetic, political and critical dispositions of our contributors, each of whom has different questions to ask...
More DescriptionIn 2023 the Sydney Review of Books celebrates a decade online and the publication of more than a thousand essays and longform reviews of Australian and international literature. Over these ten years the SRB has cleared a unique space for serious reflection on literature and for critical thinking about our culture more broadly. The journal has been shaped by the diverse aesthetic, political and critical dispositions of our contributors, each of whom has different questions to ask contemporary literature. As they've asked these questions, they've guided a bold and independent public conversation about literature, and especially about the many forms of Australian literature.Critic Swallows Book brings together twenty-two essays that together demonstrate the eclecticism of the Sydney Review of Books. It includes essays on decolonising Australian literature and revisiting the classics, on blockbuster fiction and book-length poetry, on modernism in the Antipodes and reading during the pandemic. Essays on Susan Sontag and Rita Felski sit alongside critical considerations of Murray Bail and Joan London, of Evelyn Araluen and Samia Khatun.