Concrete Horizons: Romantic Irony in the Poetry of David Malouf and Samuel Wagan Watson
Barratt-Peacock, Ruth
Concrete Horizons: Romantic Irony in the Poetry of David Malouf and Samuel Wagan Watson - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020 - 1 electronic resource (292 p.)
Open Access
Drawing on Bernd Mahr’s model theory, this volume introduces a new approach to Romanticism in contemporary Australian literature. Focusing on two very different authors, David Malouf and the Indigenous poet Samuel Wagan Watson, this book highlights their similarities rather than their differences. It is the first book-length study dedicated specifically to each author’s poetic oeuvre. Comprehensive readings reveal that an ironic dialectic underpins how each poet writes from within a disjunct of culture and environment following colonisation, finding hope in dialogue and a productive process of negative assertion. The theoretical framing of Romanticism developed here effectively rehabilitates Romanticism as a productive paradigm in contemporary Australian poetry.
Creative Commons
English
b17077
10.3726/b17077 doi
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Literary theory
Literary studies: poetry & poets
Aboriginal poetry Australian identity Australian literature Australian Romanticism Barratt Bode Brisbane writing Christoph Concrete Contemporary Australian poetry David David Malouf Horizons Indigenous poetry Irony Malouf Michael Model theory Peacock Place-making Poetry Romantic Romantic irony Rücker Ruth Samuel Samuel Wagan Watson Spatial hermeneutics Suburban Australian literature City writing Wagan Watson
Concrete Horizons: Romantic Irony in the Poetry of David Malouf and Samuel Wagan Watson - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020 - 1 electronic resource (292 p.)
Open Access
Drawing on Bernd Mahr’s model theory, this volume introduces a new approach to Romanticism in contemporary Australian literature. Focusing on two very different authors, David Malouf and the Indigenous poet Samuel Wagan Watson, this book highlights their similarities rather than their differences. It is the first book-length study dedicated specifically to each author’s poetic oeuvre. Comprehensive readings reveal that an ironic dialectic underpins how each poet writes from within a disjunct of culture and environment following colonisation, finding hope in dialogue and a productive process of negative assertion. The theoretical framing of Romanticism developed here effectively rehabilitates Romanticism as a productive paradigm in contemporary Australian poetry.
Creative Commons
English
b17077
10.3726/b17077 doi
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Literary theory
Literary studies: poetry & poets
Aboriginal poetry Australian identity Australian literature Australian Romanticism Barratt Bode Brisbane writing Christoph Concrete Contemporary Australian poetry David David Malouf Horizons Indigenous poetry Irony Malouf Michael Model theory Peacock Place-making Poetry Romantic Romantic irony Rücker Ruth Samuel Samuel Wagan Watson Spatial hermeneutics Suburban Australian literature City writing Wagan Watson