Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature

JASAL is published by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. From 2008, articles will appear on the JASAL website as they are finalised, for reading and comment--readers are invited to comment on the articles by using the Reading Tools. Members of ASAL receive the journal in print form. There will be two hard copy issues printed each year, one of which is the regular numbered issue, and one of which is a special issue. Information about membership and ASAL conferences.




Vol 8 (2008)

Table of Contents

Articles

The Black or Unfair Image: The Babington Letter as a Sonnet Abstract Farrell6html
Michael Farrell
"Altogether better-bred looking": Race and Romance in the Australian Novels of Rosa Praed Abstract Platt3html
Len Platt
The Racialised Self, Ecology and the Sacred in Xavier Herbert’s Poor Fellow My Country. Abstract Herberthtml
Frances Devlin-Glass
Displaced from the Sacred Sites: David Foster’s In the New Country and The Land Where Stories End Abstract Foster2mhtml
Susan Lever
"Our Own Way Back": Spatial Memory in the Poetry of David Malouf Abstract Biito4html
Emily Bitto
Power, Vanishing Acts and Silent Watchers in Janette Turner Hospital's The Last Magician Abstract Clarkmhtm
Maureen Clark

Reviews

A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 Ed. Nicholas Birns and Rebecca McNeer Details Bird2html
Delys Bird
The Littoral Zone Ed. CA Cranston and Robert Zeller Details Taylorhtm
Cheryl Madeline Taylor
Just Words: Australian Authors Writing for Justice Ed. Bernadette Brennan Tolerance, Prejudice, Fear Gideon Haigh et al. Details Tony2html
Tony Hughes-d'Aeth
William Hatherell The Third Metropolis: Imagining Brisbane through Art and Literature 1940-1970, Todd Barr and Rodney Sullivan, Words to Walk By: Exploring Literary Brisbane Details Hassall3html
Anthony John Hassall
Peter Kirkpatrick The Seacoast of Bohemia Details Bongiorno4html
Frank Bongiorno
Ouyang Yu Bias Offensively Chinese-Australian Details Habelhtml
Chad Sean Habel