Background
McLaren, John David was born on November 7, 1932 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of David Lawrence and Katherine Euphemia (McDonald) McLaren.
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Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia
(For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debat...)
For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debate was marked by the division between radical nationalists on the Left and cultural conservatives on the Right. John McLaren's broad cultural history traces the origins of these conflicts, discusses key literary works and major journals, and focuses on the individuals involved in various sagas and struggles. McLaren shows that writing became a form of politics itself, expressing either hope or fear about the revolution that was perceived to be imminent, as well as reflecting society more broadly. The work of politically committed writers is closely examined, as is the response to ostensibly unpolitical writers. McLaren also considers the new journalism and the work of younger poets. He shows that it was not until the changes brought by the 1960s and the Whitlam government that literature was truly freed from these constraints.
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Australian Literature: An Historical Introduction
(This is an introduction to the subject following Australi...)
This is an introduction to the subject following Australia's development from the arrival of the Aborigines, the search by the Europeans for "the Unknown South Land" and European settlement, to its emergence as part of the global culture. It traces the reflection of this development of Australian literature of all kinds - Aboriginal legends, the diaries of early settlers and explorers, poetry, novels and histories. It includes "great" works as well as lesser-known and often more experimental writers who represent different stages of the development of a distinctively Autralian literature. Individual writers are also examined in their historical context - for example post-war novelists, migrant writers, Aboriginal writers - and each chapter is supported by quotations from the works discussed.
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Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia (Paperback) - Common
(A compelling critical and historical account of politics ...)
A compelling critical and historical account of politics in postwar Australian literary culture.
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- New Pacific Literatures (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) (First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
- Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia (For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debat...)
John David McLaren
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Bachelor with honors, Melbourne University, 1954. Bachelor of Education, Melbourne University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Melbourne University, 1983.
Master of Arts, Monash University, Australia, 1972.
Career
Teacher and lecturer, Department Education, Victoria, Australia, 1956-1971; head of humanities, DDIAE, Toowoomba, Australia, 1972-1976; head of humanities, Footscray Institute Technology, Australia, 1976-1989; professor literature, Victoria U., Melbourne, 1991-1997; honorary professor Faculty Arts, Victoria U., Melbourne, since 1997. Editor Australia Book Review, Melbourne, 1978-1986. Associate editor Overland, Melbourne, 1966-1992, editor, 1993-1997.
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Australian Literature: An Historical Introduction
(This is an introduction to the subject following Australi...)
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Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia
(For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debat...)
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Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia
(For most of the postwar period, Australian literary debat...)
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Writing in Hope and Fear: Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia (Paperback) - Common
(A compelling critical and historical account of politics ...)
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New Pacific Literatures (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
(First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
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Australian Literature: An Historical Introduction
Connections
Married Shirley Marion Stewart (deceased 1999). Children: James, Cameron.
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Australian
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1954
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1959
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1983
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1972