Lusting for London - by P Morton (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia.

Review Quotes

"A keenly analytical and brilliantly written account of eight decades of the experiences of Australian expatriate authors in London." - Peter Pierce, editor of The Cambridge History of Australian Literature

About the Author

PETER MORTON Associate Professor of English at Flinders University, Australia.