| Edition |
New edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Monash classics
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Monash classics.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright and Imprint Information; Opening Quote; CONTENTS; About the Author; Acknowledgements from the First Edition; Preface; Introduction; Ch 1. Foundations pre-1850; Ch 2. Transplantation; Ch 3. Later Colonial c.1850-1885; Ch 4. The Growth of Culture in Colonies; Ch 5. National Inspiration c.1885-; Ch 6. Delayed Development c.1900-1930; Ch 7. Literature and the National Problem; Ch 8. A Coming-of-Age c.1935-1950?; Ch 9. Relative Abundance c.1950-1965; Ch 10. Contemporary Conclusion; Appendix: A Note on Melbourne and Sydney; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In the early 1970s, Geoffrey Searle presented a series of groundbreaking lectures on Australian cultural history. These lectures became the book From Deserts the Prophets Come, first published in 1973. Searle relates in his preface to the original edition, ""I was aiming to cut a new path for teaching and research in Australian history, to bring cultural history into the general discourse of Australian historians, and to bridge the gap between general history and the major works in literary, art, musical, and architectural history which have appeared in recent years."" Searle's articulation of. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arts, Australian.
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Arts, Australian. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Serle, Geoffrey. From Deserts the Prophets Come : The Creative Spirit in Australia 1788-1972. Portland : Monash University Publishing, ©2014 9781921867545 |
| ISBN |
9781921867552 electronic book |
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1921867558 electronic book |
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9781921867545 |
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