Bush Studies (Paperback)

Barbara Baynton

ISBN 10: 1922079499 / ISBN 13: 9781922079497

Edité par Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012

Paperback. Introduced by Helen GarnerBarbara Baynton's short-story collection Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism-for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all its bleakness and harshness.Economic of style, influenced by the great nineteenth-century Russian novelists, Baynton presents the Australian bush as dangerous and isolating for the women who inhabit it.'The terror Baynton evokes,' Helen Garner writes in her introduction to the book, 'is elemental, sexual, unabashedly female.''So precise, so complete, with such insight into detail and such force of statement, it ranks with the masterpieces of realism in any language.' Bulletin First published 1902, Bush Studies is famous for an unsentimental depiction of frontier life with its particular difficulties for women. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781922079497

Synopsis :

Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism - for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all its bleakness and harshness. Economic of style, this was influenced by the great 19th-century Russian novelists. Barbara Baynton's short-story collection unflinchingly presents the Australian bush as dangerous and isolating for the women who inhabit it. 'The terror Baynton evokes', Helen Garner writes in her introduction to the book, 'is elemental, sexual, unabashedly female.' Stories include, A Dreamer, Squeaker's Mate, Billy Skywonkie, Bush Church and The Chosen Vessel.

Présentation de l'éditeur: Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism - for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all its bleakness and harshness. Economic of style, this was influenced by the great 19th-century Russian novelists. Barbara Baynton's short-story collection unflinchingly presents the Australian bush as dangerous and isolating for the women who inhabit it. 'The terror Baynton evokes', Helen Garner writes in her introduction to the book, 'is elemental, sexual, unabashedly female.' Stories include, A Dreamer, Squeaker's Mate, Billy Skywonkie, Bush Church and The Chosen Vessel.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Bush Studies (Paperback)
Éditeur : Text Publishing, Melbourne
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : new