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Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 /

This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morton, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
History.
British and Irish Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literary History.
Literature, general.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Literature > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Literature.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages)
ISBN:9781137002105
DOI:10.1057/9781137002105