City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination
"Henry Lawson continues to be invoked as an authentic representative of the Australian spirit. In times and places both remote and present people have felt drawn to his writing while others railed against him." "Prime Minister Billy Hughes said he was 'part of the national life of the people' and threw him a State funeral, but Jack Lang thought this fuss about 'a down-and-out scribbler' rang 'hollow'. Sydney's Telegraph wanted a Lawson monument of Statue of Liberty proportions. A special...
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Lawson is known for (1867-1922) developing an Australian form of the short story that, along with his poetry, expressed a set of late 19th-century attitudes that had become vital to an influential account of Australian cultural history. Lee (U. of Southern Queensland) explores his literary reputation as a writer about rural life in the context of engagements between the local and the national. Some of the chapters have appeared elsewhere. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
