Christina Stead and the 'Natural Uncanny'

Authors

  • Manfred Mackenzie Macquarie University

Keywords:

Christina Stead, nationalism, place, uncanny

Abstract

The paper argues that Seven Poor Men of Sydney tries to project into the space that is Australia a variant of European Romantic nationalism: a 'natural' or 'organic' nationalism that rests upon the idea of attachment to a particular place, soil or territory.

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Published

2013-02-17

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1995: Crossing Lines: Formations of Australian Culture

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Christina Stead and the ’Natural Uncanny’. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 154-158. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9969