Exiles At Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945
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A landmark work in Australian literary and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and literary contributions of Australian women writers during the pivotal interwar period of 1925 to 1945. Drusilla Modjeska argues that these women — including figures such as Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw, and Eleanor Dark — were cultural exiles in their own country, marginalised by a male-dominated literary establishment despite producing some of the era's most significant fiction. With meticulous research and compelling critical insight, the work presents a rich portrait of how these writers navigated the constraints of domesticity, nationalism, and gender to forge distinctive literary identities. The tone is both rigorous and sympathetic, situating each writer within the broader social and political currents of Depression-era and wartime Australia. A foundational text in Australian women's literature, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in the nation's cultural history.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, slight fading to spine and edges. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact.
A landmark work in Australian literary and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and literary contributions of Australian women writers during the pivotal interwar period of 1925 to 1945. Drusilla Modjeska argues that these women — including figures such as Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw, and Eleanor Dark — were cultural exiles in their own country, marginalised by a male-dominated literary establishment despite producing some of the era's most significant fiction. With meticulous research and compelling critical insight, the work presents a rich portrait of how these writers navigated the constraints of domesticity, nationalism, and gender to forge distinctive literary identities. The tone is both rigorous and sympathetic, situating each writer within the broader social and political currents of Depression-era and wartime Australia. A foundational text in Australian women's literature, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in the nation's cultural history.
