Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Vol 10 (2010)

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The Cambridge History of Australian Literature edited by Peter Pierce

Ken Gelder

Abstract


This review article is a critical assessment of the recent Cambridge History of Australian Literature (CHAL) in the framework of earlier Australian literary histories. It looks at the limitations of CHAL in terms of its content, arrangement and methodologies and in the context of what has already been achieved in earlier literary history models.

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