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dc.contributor.authorGenoni, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:54:25Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:54:25Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationGenoni, Paul. 2006. Thea Astley's Failed Eden, in Sheridan, Susan and Genoni, Paul (eds), Thea Astley’s fictional worlds: pp 153-163. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36225
dc.description.abstract

In the critical attention given to Thea Astley's fiction there has been little written about her use of landscape. This is surprising because Astley is often identified as a 'regional writer' with a body of work that is strongly associated with coastal north Queensland, and there is little doubt that she evokes the landscapes of her novels as a memorable element within their drama.This paper suggests an approach to landscape as it is used by Astley, and in doing so argue that it is interconnected with both her characterisation and her moral positioning. The image she uses to forge this connection is the Garden of Eden, which is of course for Judeo-Christian cultures the iconic representation of both perfect physical beauty and an ideal moral state.

dc.publisherCambridge Scholars Press
dc.subjectEden
dc.subjectThea Astley
dc.subjectGardens in literature
dc.subjectCatolicism in literature
dc.titleThea Astley's Failed Eden
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage153
dcterms.source.endPage163
dcterms.source.titleThea Astley's Fictional Worlds
dcterms.source.placeNewcastle
dcterms.source.chapter17
curtin.identifierEPR-2159
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyDivision of Humanities
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)


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