Reading Across the Pacific: Australia-United States Intellectual Histories
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Reading Across the Pacific: Australia-United States Intellectual Histories
By (Author) Professor Robert Dixon
Edited by Nicholas Birns
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
31st January 2011
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
809
Physical Properties
Paperback
360
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 30mm
425g
Description
The book examines the relations of the two countries, shifting the emphasis from the broad cultural patterns that are often compared, to the specific networks, interactions, and crossings that have characterised Australian literature in the United States and American literature in Australia.
Author Bio
About the editors:
Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. He is a general editor in Sydney University Press Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series.
Nicholas Birns is associate professor at the Center for Applied Liberal Arts, New York University.
