Suburban Space, the Novel and Australian Modernity

"""Brigid Rooney’s Suburban Space, The Novel and Australian Modernity is a complex, fascinating study which tries to come to terms with the ambiguities and contradictions of these and other Australian tales of suburbia. This commendable book embraces a desire to restore dignity to the places and experiences that have come to shape the lives of Australian writers and poets – spheres that are often off the grid when compared to the metropolitan cores of Australia’s capital cities. Rooney’s careful scholarship and attention to detail is something to marvel at."" — Suzie Gibson, Australian Literary Studies, Volume 35, No. 1. — 28 April 2020"" ‘Brigid Rooney eloquently renders a dynamic vision of the suburb as a site in Australian literature, tracing the “seismic rifts and connections” between suburb and national image in writers ranging from Patrick White to Michelle de Kretser’ —Nicholas Birns, Associate Professor, School of Professional Studies, New York University, USA, and author of Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead. ‘At last: an authoritative book on the topic of the suburb in Australian fiction. […] Audacious in scope, broad in its philosophical connections, this is an indispensable text for scholars in Australian, literary and cultural studies’ —Gail Jones, Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Australia."