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

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

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