The Oxford Literary History of Australia

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Bruce Bennett, Jennifer Strauss, Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Oxford University Press, 1998 - History - 488 pages
This new literary history rethinks the landscapes of Australian literature in an engaging style and takes into account contemporary theories of literature and associated art forms.

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An INTRODUCTION by Bruce Bennett
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THE SETTLING OF ENGLISH Delys Bird
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Copyright

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About the author (1998)

Christopher Keith Wallace-Crabbe is an Australian poet born in Melbourne, 1934. He was educated at Scotch College, Yale University, and The University of Melbourne. He is a professor emeritus in the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. He is also an essayist and a critic of the visual arts. His awards include: Centenary Medal in 2002, Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2006, and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia 2011. He won the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2015. This award is presented every three years to a Victorian author 'whose body of published or produced work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature, as well as to cultural and intellectual life.

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