Revising the past/Revisioning the future: A postcolonial reading of Eleanor Dark's 'The Timeless Land' trilogy

Authors

Antonio Simoes da Silva, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

19530

Publication Details

Simoes da Silva, T. 1996, 'Revising the past/Revisioning the future: A postcolonial reading of Eleanor Dark's 'The Timeless Land' trilogy', Australian Studies, vol. 10, pp. 42-49.

Abstract

It is the purpose of this paper to propose that the preoccupation with the mythopoeic nature of Australia's historical narratives in Eleanor Dark's trilogy, The Timeless Land, situates it within the rubric of post-colonial writing.