City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination
Lee, Christopher / International Conference on High Perform
How did a poorly educated, hearing-impaired working-class boy from country New South Wales develop a reputation that merited a State funeral in 1922? The answer to this question results in a truly interdisciplinary book that looks at the tension inherent in the irony of high art versus the authority of the people of city sophistication versus the voice of the bush, the heart of Australia. The case studies in this book are diverse and interesti...