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Belonging: Australian playwriting in the 20th century

by John McCallum
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780868196589
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Currency Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Currency Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 498
  • Original Price: GBP 19.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: UK
  • Item Weight: 654 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

This new history explores the relationship between twentieth century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation. The book focuses on the creative tension sparked by the duelling impulses of nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Also competing are artistic seriousness and larrikin populism. This book examines the influence of European high culture and popular theatrical forms on Australian drama, the ambivalence (between affection and aggression) of much Australian humour, and the interaction between the personal and the political in drama.

McCallum, John: - JOHN MCCALLUM is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media and Performing Arts, at the University of NSW. He teaches 20th Century and contemporary Australian theatre and drama; comedy and humour studies. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of Currency House; a consultant to the NSW Board of Studies, and Chief Examiner for Drama; and a member of the Board of Studies for NIDA. For many years he has been a critic and commentator on the arts in academic journals and magazines, and on radio. Since 1989 he has been the Sydney theatre critic for the Australian newspaper. In 1995 he won the Pascall Prize for Critical Writing.

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