David Malouf and the Poetic: His Earlier Writings by Yvonne Smith (English) Hard

Description: David Malouf and the Poetic by Yvonne Smith This study examines the earlier writings of celebrated Australian writer David Malouf, who was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, among others. It provides fresh insights of Maloufs development as a writer. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description *This book is in the Cambria Press Australian Literature book series (Series editor: Susan Lever).This study examines the earlier writings of celebrated Australian writer David Malouf, who was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award, and the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.This book investigates his earlier writings to uncover what the terms "poetic", "poetic imagination" and "inner and outer ways" imply for his development as a writer. Making use of some of his correspondence, diaries, and drafts of work-in-progress, Yvonne Smith takes into fuller account the way his works relate to each other and to the circumstances in which they were written.By investigating what "poetic imagination" might mean across the first decades when he was finding his way into a writers vocation, this sturdy reaps fresh insights into the nature of David Maloufs creativity--its tensions, struggles and moments of breakthrough, as well as its potential limitations. Finding what he could not do (or did not want to do) shapes strongly what he wants to achieve by the mid 1980s when his published works are becoming better known.Such considerations are touched on in earlier studies, yet have been sidelined by more recent criticism informed by postcolonial perspectives, debates about myths of origins and other Australian nation-based agendas. That Malouf has played a part, not only as a writer but as a public intellectual, in what Brigid Rooney terms his "consistent cultivation of nation" adds to this trajectory in his literary career. However, there has been less attention to Maloufs development as a writer--its transnational dimensions, for instance, as he finds his vocation through hybrid family cultures and living for many years between Australia and Europe. It is helpful that discussion is increasingly balanced by broader views of what "Australian" literature might encompass, of global connections in "worlds within" national narratives, together with consideration of notions of "world literature" and a fluid "transnation" that exceeds boundaries of the state.In each chapter of this study, Maloufs works are discussed in relation to the context in which they arose. His diary from early 1981, included as an Appendix, and published here for the first time, gives insight into the range of poems and prose he may be working on at the same time, and hints at where his feelings for new works originate. The broad lines of his development as a writer are presented through the lens of his abiding curiosity and engagement with the world through his experience of language and imagination. Author Biography Yvonne Smith is an independent researcher, English teacher, and former school principal. She earned her PhD from the University of Sydney where her thesis on Maloufs writings was awarded the Eva Veronka Vidak Memorial Prize for a notable thesis on an Australian topic. Dr. Smiths research on Malouf has been published in Australian Literary Studies, Southerly, Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, and in the edited collection What is the Human? Australian Voices from the Humanities (Australian Scholarly Press). Long Description *This book is in the Cambria Press Australian Literature book series (Series editor: Susan Lever). This study examines the earlier writings of celebrated Australian writer David Malouf, who was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award, and the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. This book investigates his earlier writings to uncover what the terms "poetic," "poetic imagination" and "inner and outer ways" imply for his development as a writer. Making use of some of his correspondence, diaries, and drafts of work-in-progress, Yvonne Smith takes into fuller account the way his works relate to each other and to the circumstances in which they were written. By investigating what "poetic imagination" might mean across the first decades when he was finding his way into a writers vocation, this sturdy reaps fresh insights into the nature of David Maloufs creativity--its tensions, struggles and moments of breakthrough, as well as its potential limitations. Finding what he could not do (or did not want to do) shapes strongly what he wants to achieve by the mid 1980s when his published works are becoming better known. Such considerations are touched on in earlier studies, yet have been sidelined by more recent criticism informed by postcolonial perspectives, debates about myths of origins and other Australian nation-based agendas. That Malouf has played a part, not only as a writer but as a public intellectual, in what Brigid Rooney terms his "consistent cultivation of nation" adds to this trajectory in his literary career. However, there has been less attention to Maloufs development as a writer--its transnational dimensions, for instance, as he finds his vocation through hybrid family cultures and living for many years between Australia and Europe. It is helpful that discussion is increasingly balanced by broader views of what "Australian" literature might encompass, of global connections in "worlds within" national narratives, together with consideration of notions of "world literature" and a fluid "transnation" that exceeds boundaries of the state. In each chapter of this study, Maloufs works are discussed in relation to the context in which they arose. His diary from early 1981, included as an Appendix, and published here for the first time, gives insight into the range of poems and prose he may be working on at the same time, and hints at where his feelings for new works originate. The broad lines of his development as a writer are presented through the lens of his abiding curiosity and engagement with the world through his experience of language and imagination. Details ISBN1604979364 Author Yvonne Smith Pages 304 Publisher Cambria Press Language English ISBN-10 1604979364 ISBN-13 9781604979367 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 823.914 Series Cambria Australian Literature Year 2017 Imprint Cambria Press Subtitle His Earlier Writings Publication Date 2017-07-18 Short Title David Malouf and the Poetic UK Release Date 2017-07-18 Place of Publication Youngstown Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-07-18 NZ Release Date 2017-07-18 US Release Date 2017-07-18 Illustrations 3 Illustrations Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135241013;

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