The Fin de Siècle Imagination in Australia, 1890-1914

by Mark Hearn

Book Overview

This book explores the fin de si cle, an era of powerful global movements and turbulent transition, in Australia and beyond through a series of biographical microhistories. From the first wave feminist Rose Summerfield and the working class radical John Dwyer, to the indigenous rights advocate David Unaipon and the poet Christopher Brennan, Hearn traces the transnational identities, philosophies, ideas and cultures that characterised this era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350291420
• ISBN13: 9781350291423
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"