![]() ![]() ![]() Feminists celebrate the ways in which she carves out discursive spaces for women who have existed largely in the interstices between public memory and official history. By locating Lilian as ex-centric to the nation, to inhabit the abjected zones of the colony-the bush, the asylum, the streets of post-Federation Sydney-Grenville is commonly read as a feminist writer intervening into the gender politics that shaped Australia. 'In 1985, when Kate Grenville’s novel about a fat, unlovely bag lady appeared on the Australian literary landscape, Lilian’s Story was celebrated as a feminist and postcolonial text. And so on.' (Introduction) Cannibalism and Colonialism : Lilian's Story and (White) Women's Belonging Laura Deane, Love Wuthering Heights? Then take a look at the Yorkshire Moors. The idea, I think, was that the book could function as a tour guide, armchair or otherwise. 'Browsing through my local bookstore, I came across a book of literary locations: a guide to the places and spaces where classic and much-loved novels have been set. ![]() Stepping Back into the Past Jenny Sinclair,Ģ 2022 (p. ![]()
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