List of contributors
Cbronology
Introduction
ELIZABETH WEBBY
1 Indigenous texts and narratives
PENNY VAN TOORN
2 Colonial writers and readers
ELIZABETH WEBBY
3 Poetry from the 1980sto 1970
MICHAEL ACKLAND
4 Fiction from 1990 to 1970
KERRYN GOLDSWORTHY
5 Theatre from 1788 to the 1960s
RICHARD FOTHERINGHAM
6 Contemporary poetry：across party lines
DAVID MCCOOEY
7 New narrations：contemporary fiction
DELYS BIRD
8 New stages：contemporary theatre
MAY-BRIT AKERHOLT
9 From biography to autobiography
GILLAN WHITOCK
10 Critics，writers，intellectuals：Australian literature and its criticism
DAVID CARTER
Further reading
Index
