THE ADVENTURES OF AN ARTFUL DODGER: ON WRITERS AND WRITING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA
THE ADVENTURES OF AN ARTFUL DODGER: ON WRITERS AND WRITING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA
Author(s): Nataša KaranfilovićSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Australian literary world; intertextuality; postmodernism; Wilding
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores a range of issues tackled by Michael Wilding in his latest novel National Treasure (2007). Following Academia Nuts (2002), which exposes the follies of the Australian academic establishment, National Treasure focuses on the Australian literary world, revealing it to be not much different from the world of show business, where a Darwinian battle for survival rages
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 85-92
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
