Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

Carey, G

Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

Carey, G

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Publisher:: Univerity of Queensland Press
Citation:: 2013, 1
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Carey, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3127-3891	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2013, 1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30655
dc.description.abstract	Book	en_US
dc.publisher	Univerity of Queensland Press	en_US
dc.title	Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family	en_US
utslib.location	St Lucia, Queensland	en_US
utslib.for	190402 Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting)	en_US
utslib.for	210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)	en_US
utslib.citation.edition	1	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Creative Writing Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
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pubs.edition	1	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	St Lucia, Queensland	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	Moving Among Strangers is a literary hybrid of scholarly writing, biography, memoir and cultural criticism. Research background This research sits in the fields of Literary Studies and Creative Writing. Although Randolph Stow is one of the most important Australian literary writers the field of Stow studies is limited and his work has not received widespread critical attention. Anthony Hassall understands Stow as feeling out of place in Australia, ‘an alien in a strange country’. John Kinsella emphasises the political dimension of Stow’s writing while Geordie Williamson argues that the writer’s decision to self-exile and return to his ancestral homeland in England can be understood as ‘a personal act of undoing colonisation’. Research question What is the significance of Randolph Stow’s work in Australian literary culture? Research contribution This project brought attention to several written works by Stow that to date had received no critical attention. The book also found that Randolph Stow had a deeply ambivalent relationship with Australia and that his critique of Australian culture remains relevant and significant. Research significance This book was published by University of Queensland Press. It was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and was the joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. The Stella judges commented: ‘It is an intriguing generic hybrid, partly intelligent memoir and partly insightful cultural history, showing the mixed reaction from Australian critics and readers to Stow’s work and the effect it had on his life and writing.’	en_US

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