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OverviewThe concept of 'wilderness' as a foundational idea for environmentalist thought has become the subject of vigorous debates. Myths of Wilderness in Contemporary Narratives offers a taxonomy of the forms that wilderness writing has taken in Australian and Canadian literature, re-emphasizing both country's origins as colonies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: K. CranePublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781137000781ISBN 10: 1137000783 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 19 October 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAn(n)alogies of reading place: Aritha van Herk's Places Far From Ellesmere Go on the country, not on the map: Tim Winton's Dirt Music A 'calligraphy of landscape': Kim Mahood's Outback in Craft for a Dry Lake 'Line drifts between the opposing points': Mark Hume's River of the Angry Moon 'Different shades of stripes': The Tasmanian Tiger and Julia Leigh's The Hunter Culture Nature Future: Margaret Atwood's Oryx and CrakeReviewsQuite expansive and thought-provoking . . . Myths of Wilderness is a useful contribution to scholarship on wilderness writing. - Journal of Postcolonial Writing ""Quite expansive and thought-provoking . . . Myths of Wilderness is a useful contribution to scholarship on wilderness writing."" - Journal of Postcolonial Writing Quite expansive and thought-provoking ... Myths of Wilderness is a useful contribution to scholarship on wilderness writing. - Journal of Postcolonial Writing Quite expansive and thought-provoking . . . Myths of Wilderness is a useful contribution to scholarship on wilderness writing. - Journal of Postcolonial Writing Author InformationKYLIE CRANE is a Junior Professor for Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at the University of Mainz, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |