Littérature australienne & océanienne

Dana Meyer’s South Pacific Expedition is a fascinating and at the same time unsettling art project that blurs the boundaries between authenticity and fiction, providing a fascinating insight into the world of entomological collecting. Text in English and German.<BR><BR>Dana Meyer’s South Pacific Expedition provides a fascinating insight into the world of entomological collecting, driven by the human urge for discovery and adventure. Featuring numerous illustrations and 12 letters, this book tells not only of the passion of an insect collector but also of a perilous journey to the South Seas at the turn of the century. <BR> <BR>Published in this form for the first time, this collection is a fascinating and at the same time unsettling art project that blurs the boundaries between authenticity and fiction. The finely crafted sculptures are cold-formed from thin sheet steel and presented in preserving jars. The creatures appear deceptively real and at the same time their strange appearance is astonishing. <BR> <BR>Meyer’s South Pacific Expedition offers the viewer the opportunity to imagine an exploration expedition 100 years ago and at the same time this series of works defies exact classification; the boundaries between nature, literature and art, reality and fantasy become blurred.<BR> <BR>Text in English and German.

One of the Best Memoirs and Biographies of 2025 at The Guardian A revealing look at the life and writing of the great modernist. This biography explores the life and work of Katherine Mansfield, one of literary modernism's most significant writers. On the fringes of Bloomsbury, and friends with D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, T. S. Eliot, and many others, Mansfield was at the heart of literary London at its most experimental. By the time of her death in 1923, aged just thirty-four, she had broken boundaries and created new ways of writing that led her literary sparring partner Virginia Woolf to later admit that Mansfield's "was the only writing I was ever jealous of." Based on compelling new research, Gerri Kimber challenges previous conceptions surrounding the author's life, uncovers friendships and relationships formerly barely acknowledged, and offers innovative readings of Mansfield's most celebrated stories.

This is the first book-length study of Sydney-based Horwitz Publications, the largest and most dynamic Australian pulp publisher to emerge after World War II. Although best known for its cheaply produced, sometimes luridly packaged, softcover books, Horwitz Publications played a far larger role in mainstream Australian publishing than has been so far recognised, particularly in the expansion of the paperback from the late 1950s onwards. Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback examines the authorship, production, marketing and distribution of Horwitz pulp paperbacks. It includes ground-breaking material on the conditions of creative labour: the writers, artists and editors involved in the production of Horwitz pulp. The book also explores how Horwitz pulp paperbacks acted as a local conduit for the global modern: the ideas, sensations, fascinations, technologies, and people that came crashing into the Australian consciousness in the 1950s and 1960s.

Mission streng geheim: Ab in die Arktis!<BR>¿ Fesselnder Mix aus Spannung, Magie & Sachwissen <BR>¿ Ein starkes Team für knifflige Fälle: Abenteuergeschichte für Kinder von den Machern der Warrior Cats<BR>¿ Perfekt zur Leseförderung geeignet<BR>¿ Große Schrift, kurze Kapitel & Illustrationen auf jeder Doppelseite<BR><BR>Fesselndes Lese-Abenteuer für Mädchen und Jungen<BR>Im 7. Band der Kinderbuch-Reihe begeben sich die beiden Forscher-Kids Kiki und Connor in die eisige Welt der Arktis: Ein Forschungsschiff steckt im Eis fest und dann ist auch noch eine Wissenschaftlerin verschwunden! Auf ihrer Suche müssen die Forscher-Kids tiefen Gletscherspalten und bedrohlichen Eisbären trotzen.<BR><BR>Kurze Kapitel, große Schrift und coole Illustrationen auf jeder Doppelseite ermöglichen ein müheloses Eintauchen in die Geschichte. Bei jeder Mission werden interessante Fakten kindgerecht vermittelt, z.B. zu Klimawandel und Artenschutz. Die Forscher-Notizen informieren jeweils zum Thema, ein kleines Glossar erklärt schwierige Begriffe. Ein fesselnder Mix aus Action, Magie und Sachwissen - so macht Lesen Spaß!<BR><BR>Coole Held*innen, aufregende Schauplätze & superinteressantes Wissen: In diesem Buch kommt alles zusammen, was Kinder lieben!<BR><BR>Dieser Band ist Teil der DK-Reihe "Ein Fall für die Forscher-Kids". Jeder Band ist in sich abgeschlossen, sodass sie in beliebiger Reihenfolge gelesen werden und die Kinder ihre Lieblingsthemen auswählen können.<BR><BR>Dieses Buch ist bei Antolin.de verfügbar.

'Orwell told the truth.' Christopher HitchensDer dystopische Klassiker der Weltliteratur in neuer ÜbersetzungWinston Smith ist Mitarbeiter im Ministerium der Wahrheit und er macht zwei entscheidende Fehler: Er verliebt sich in seine Kollegin Julia, und er stellt die totalitäre Welt, in der sie jederzeit vom sogenannten 'Big Brother' überwacht werden, infrage. Das ist im Weltreich Ozeanien eine Todsünde. <BR>>Totalitärer Überwachungsstaat, Entmündigung des Individuums, lückenlose Observation und Manipulation, Gehirnwäsche und Geschichtsfälschung - selten hat eine bei Erscheinen noch völlig absurd anmutende Dystopie die Zukunft der Menschheit so exakt und visionär vorhergesagt wie dieser Bestseller aus dem Jahre 1948. PENGUIN EDITION. Zeitlos, kultig, bunt.

Peter Carey: The Making of a Global Novelist recounts Peter Carey's literary career from his emergence in the Australian literary scene as a contributor to local literary magazines to when he published his fiction exclusively with large conglomerate publishers. As Australia's most decorated author for a period nearing half a century, Carey's career gives unparalleled insights into the global contemporary publishing and the making of global literary prestige from the periphery, and significant cultural currency for Australian literature and culture worldwide. Carey's fiction is not only a product of the global dynamic in literary publishing of the last quarter of the twentieth century, but also it holds something of its productive tension for Australian writing and writers. Allahyari retraces the fraught synthesis of an individual literary proclivity with a growing commercial cultural appetite: the coincidence of Carey's career with the conglomeration of global publishing pushed further towards anti-elitist, popular aesthetics.

Cet ouvrage à plusieurs voix vise à mettre en lumière l'intemporalité et le caractère international du surréalisme, non seulement en tant que mouvement artistique, mais aussi comme défenseur de cette essence humaine qui nous pousse à aller au-delà des réalités apparentes. Le surréalisme ne chercherait donc pas tant à comprendre le monde mais à le vivre dans toutes ses dimensions insoupçonnées. Pour démontrer cela, ce livre adopte une approche comparatiste illustrant le dialogue permanent entre le mouvement surréaliste et le monde qui l'entoure, mais aussi entre les artistes d'un pays à l'autre, en Europe et aux Canaries. Il se propose ainsi de mesurer la profondeur et la portée de ce surréalisme qui a su conquérir tant de c¿urs, et sa quête éperdue d'une beauté qui, pour reprendre les mots d'Annie Le Brun, ' ouvre l'horizon et permet d'échapper à ce qui est '. Este libro polifacético pretende destacar la intemporalidad y el carácter internacional del Surrealismo, no sólo como movimiento artístico, sino también como defensor de esa esencia humana que nos impulsa a ir más allá de las realidades aparentes. El surrealismo no buscaría tanto comprender el mundo como experimentarlo en todas sus insospechadas dimensiones. Para demostrarlo, este libro adopta un enfoque comparativo que ilustra el diálogo permanente entre el movimiento surrealista y el mundo que lo rodea, pero también entre artistas de un país a otro, en Europa y en Canarias. Propone así medir la profundidad y el alcance de este surrealismo que ha conquistado tantos corazones, y su frenética búsqueda de una belleza que, en palabras de Annie Le Brun, "abre el horizonte y permite escapar de lo que es".

Spätestens der 100. Jahrestag des Endes des Ersten Weltkriegs im Jahr 2018 hat die Erinnerung an die Urkatastrophe des 20. Jahrhunderts wieder in den Blick der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Auffällig ist dabei, dass sich die Erinnerungskulturen in den am Krieg beteiligten Ländern teils deutlich unterscheiden. Während in Deutschland der Erste Weltkrieg erst im Vorfeld des 100. Jahrestages des Kriegsausbruchs wieder an Aufmerksamkeit gewonnen hat, stand er in Australien das ganze 20. Jahrhundert hindurch im Zentrum nationaler Narrative. Der Band versucht sich an einer Rekonstruktion und Analyse der Art und Weise, wie sich Deutschland und Australien an den Ersten Weltkrieg erinnern. Er untersucht die verschiedenen mentalitätsgeschichtlichen Perspektiven auf den Krieg und insbesondere auch die Rollen, die die verschiedenen kulturellen Medien bei der Ausbildung von Erinnerungskulturen gespielt haben und aktuell immer noch spielen.The 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in 2018 has brought the memory of the seminal catastrophe of the 20th century back into the public eye. It is striking that the cultures of remembrance regarding the war differ greatly from one nation to another. While in Germany the First World War only gained renewed attention in the run-up to the centenary of the outbreak of the war, in Australia it was at the center of national narratives throughout the 20th century. This volume attempts a reconstruction and analysis of the ways in which Germany and Australia remember the First World War. It examines the various perspectives on the war with a focus on the roles that different media have played and continue to play in the formation of cultures of remembrance.

Time Will Tell is a collection of introspective poetry from bestselling author Courtney Peppernell. Come along and discover what it means to start inward and evolve into the version of yourself the universe knows you can be. From the bestselling author of Pillow Thoughts and Watering the Soul comes another deeply honest and moving collection of poetry and prose that explores the strength and resilience we embody in the face of hardship and change. Presented in six captivating sections--Reflecting, Repairing, Change, Awakening, Emerging, and Rebirth--Time Will Telltells the story of a curious, lost soul who crashed down to Earth on the search for purpose. With the help of their trusted guide, and told with Courtney Peppernell's signature encouragement and beauty, this broken but fearless soul fights through each changing cycle and emerges more beautiful and stronger than the moment they fell. An inspiring tale sure to resonate with anyone who has faced struggles and adversity in their lives.

This book examines haunting in terms of trauma, languaging, and the supernatural in works by Chinese-Australian writers who were born in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. It goes past the conventional focus on identity issues in the analysis of diasporic writing, considering how the memory of past trauma is triggered by abusive systems of power in the present. The author unpacks how trauma also brings past violence to haunt the present. Showing the supernatural as a social and cultural product, the book elucidates how haunting as the supernatural refers to the coexistence of, and the competition between, different cultures and powers. It takes a wide-ranging view of different diasporic communities under the banner 'Chinese', a term that refers not only to Chinese nationals in terms of citizenship, but also to the Chinese diaspora in terms of ancestry, and Chinese culture more generally. The book examines how different Chinese diasporic communities present a dynamic and multiple state through which different Chinese subcultures are partially erased by other cultures. In analyzing haunting in texts, the author positions Chinese culture as in a constant state of flux. Relevant to scholars in comparative literary and Chinese cultural studies with an interest in the Gothic and postcolonial traditions, this book is a novel perspective on Asian literary and cultural influences in Australia.

Returning with her newest poetry book, beloved poet Courtney Peppernell (Pillow Thoughts) combines storytelling, poetry, and prose in a uniquely inspirational way. Filled with heartfelt anecdotes and insightful messages, The Way Back Home is a tribute to rebuilding our lives after loss. When a dark storm settled upon the earth, you lost many things--your hope, your strength, yourself. One day, in the middle of the darkness, you meet a spirit, washed from the ocean onto the shore. The spirit hands you a key. It is time to find the way back home. Divided into sections that draw on themes of courage, resilience, purpose, and hope, this inspiring collection has Courtney Peppernell walking us through a redemptive journey of the heart, mind, and soul. Perfect for anyone in need of encouragement and hope, Peppernell's words illuminate what it means to continue forward in life, despite all the challenges we face, to find our way back home.

Attending to the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the South Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volume draws on an evangelical narrative about the formation of coral islands to demonstrate that missionary investments in the socially marginal (the young, the working class, the racial other) generated new forms of agency that are legible in the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel, even as that agency was subordinated to Christian values identified with the British middle class. Situating novels by Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne and W. H. G. Kingston in the periodical culture of the missionary enterprise, this volume newly historicizes British children's textual interactions with the South Pacific and its peoples. Although the mid-Victorian authors examined here portray British presence in imperial spaces as a moral imperative, our understanding of the "adventurer" is transformed from the plucky explorer to the cynical mercenary through Robert Louis Stevenson, who provides a late-nineteenth-century critique of the imperial and missionary assumptions that subtended the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel of his youth.

Eine inspirierende Geschichte über das, was wir in Zukunft brauchen, um glücklich zu seinDer junge Robin ist überwältigt, als er aus seiner Raumkapsel steigt. Der warme Sand unter seinen Füßen, der sanfte Wind und das Farbenspiel des Meeres sind so viel besser als jede noch so perfekte virtuelle Realität. Er ist auf der Erde, diesem fernen blauen Planeten, den er bislang nur aus Filmen und Erzählungen kannte. Doch seine Mission ist keine leichte: - Können die Menschen auf ihren Heimatplaneten zurückkehren, obwohl sie einst dafür gesorgt hatten, dass er unbewohnbar wurde? - Wie sollen sie leben, damit Glück für alle möglich ist? - Und zählt Liebe noch?Mit Hector erschuf François Lelord einen unvergesslichen Helden, dem Millionen Leserinnen und Leser folgten. Nun lässt er den liebenswerten Robin in einer abenteuerlichen Mission die große Frage erkunden, wie wir in Zukunft leben wollen.

This collection opens the geospatiality of "Asia" into an environmental framework called "Oceania" and pushes this complex regional multiplicity towards modes of trans-local solidarity, planetary consciousness, multi-sited decentering, and world belonging. At the transdisciplinary core of this "worlding" process lies the multiple spatial and temporal dynamics of an environmental eco-poetics, articulated via thinking and creating both with and beyond the Pacific and Asia imaginary.