{"product_id":"cyclone-country-chrystopher-j-spicer-9781476681566","title":"Cyclone Country: The Language of Place and Disaster in Australian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e The storm has become a universal trope in the literature of crisis, revelation and transformation. It can function as a trope of place, of apocalypse and epiphany, of cultural mythos and story, and of people and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book explores the connections between people, place and environment through the image of cyclones within fiction and poetry from the Australian state of Queensland, the northern coast of which is characterized by these devastating storms. Analyzing a range of works including Alexis Wright's \u003ci\u003eCarpentaria\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick White's \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, and Vance Palmer's \u003ci\u003eCyclone\u003c\/i\u003e it explains the cyclone in the Queensland literary imagination as an example of a cultural response to weather in a unique regional place. It also situates the cyclones that appear in Queensland literature within the broader global context of literary cyclones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chrystopher J. Spicer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476681562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476681566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Chrystopher J. Spicer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138710892799,"sku":"9781476681566","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd1fea03-67da-4f94-b5df-d243504d65ef.jpg?v=1687901093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cyclone-country-chrystopher-j-spicer-9781476681566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}