Tim Winton: Critical Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781742586069)

Why is it that Tim Winton - one of Australia's most popular and literary novelists - has received little sustained critical attention? This collection of essays examines the impact of Winton's work on understanding what it is to be Australian, to be human, to make and question meaning. His novels and short stories are vernacular and lyrical, optimistic and dark, holding up a peculiarly 'Wintonesque' mirror through which Australians - and international readers, differently - can see themselves, refracted. Exploring various themes - such as childhood, masculinity, love, death, landscape, and beauty - the book explores, questions, and debates Winton's fictional works and their contexts in order to understand more fully what is appealing, or unconsciously submerged, or worthy of celebration or interrogation. Subject: Literary Criticism]

Author: Lyn McCredden
ISBN-10: 1742586066
ISBN-13: 9781742586069
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2014
Pages: 350
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d