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Lusting for London
Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950
P. Morton, Peter Morton
Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · November 15, 2011
Reading lane: History
This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901.
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Book Details
- Authors
- P. Morton, Peter Morton
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- November 15, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- History · Creative Writing
- Reading lane
- History
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History
Creative Writing
About This Book
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.
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