Christina Stead's Poor Women of Sydney, Travelling into Our Times

Authors

  • Carole Ferrier School of EMSAH, U of Qld

Keywords:

Christina Stead, socialism, feminism, Marxist theory, international

Abstract

The paper considers the world within that Stead brought to her first novel, made up from a wide range of reading, and interaction with left intellectuals. bohemians and political activists in Sydney from during the First World War to the end of the 1920s.

Author Biography

  • Carole Ferrier, School of EMSAH, U of Qld
    Professor, School of EMSAH

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Published

2016-02-03

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2015): Australian Literature / World Literature: borders, skins, mappings

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How to Cite

Christina Stead’s Poor Women of Sydney, Travelling into Our Times. (2016). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 15(3). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/10574