Australian Literary Studies
Australian Literary Studies is a fully refereed, wide-ranging scholarly journal of literary studies in Australia.
Founded in 1963 by Laurie Hergenhan, and edited for the past 15 years by Leigh Dale, it is now edited by Julieanne Lamond (Australian National University) and Tanya Dalziell (University of Western Australia).
17/06/2024
Read Maggie Shapley's essay 'Anthologies and the Amazonian Phalanx: Publication of Australian Female Poets from the 1940s' in the latest issue of Australian Literary Studies, available to read for free online.
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10/06/2024
Read Mandy Treagus's essay 'Recentring Water: Thinking with the Chain of Ponds' in the latest issue of Australian Literary Studies, available to read for free online.
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03/06/2024
Read Joseph Steinberg's review of Murnane (Emmett Stinson) in the latest issue of Australian Literary Studies, available to read for free online.
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27/05/2024
Our new issue includes the final PhD Prize winning essay by Evelyn Araluen Corr; James Gourley's exploration of Care for Country in Western Sydney literature; Maggie Shapley's reckoning of the canon through Australian female poets in anthologies; and Mandy Treagus tracking some watery forms. You'll also find reviews from Kate Darian-Smith and Joseph Steinberg.
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24/04/2024
Read Lianda Burrows' review of Decolonising Animals, edited by Rick de Vos and published by Sydney University Press, online for free until our next issue release. https://australianliterarystudies.com.au
18/04/2024
Read Tiping Su's review of The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel, edited by Nicholas Birns and Louis Klee. This review can be accessed for free until our upcoming issue release next month, or subscribe for ongoing access to our archive of over 1,000 essays and reviews. https://australianliterarystudies.com.au
09/04/2024
Monique Rooney investigates "'first-ness', and what comes after" in Ruth Park's Charlie Rothe: Reading The Harp in the South (1948) and Poor Man's Orange (1949). Free to read for only a few more weeks before our next issue release. Grab a subscription for access to our archive of over 1,000 essays.
02/02/2024
Check out this essay 'I Want a Mortgage and Comfort': Consumption, Totality and Identity in Australian Gay Fiction - available to read for free on our website for a limited time. Grab a subscription while you're there to access our extensive archive.
21/12/2023
We're very pleased to launch the last issue of Australian Literary Studies for 2023, which includes one of our TWO prize-winning essays from the PhD Essay Prize: 'Textual Encounters of the Bird Kind: Dal Stivens and the Night Parrot' by Samuel Cox. Read it and more for free now: australianliterarystudies.com.au