Australia as the Antipodal Utopia: European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

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Daniel Hempel Bill Ashcroft

Australia as the Antipodal Utopia

European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Daniel Hempel, Bill Ashcroft

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Anthem Press
31 October 2019

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Series: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture

A discursive history of Australia's utopian place in the Western imagination.

Australia has a fascinating history of visions. As the antipode to Europe, the continent provided a radically different and uniquely fertile ground for envisioning places, spaces and societies. Australia as the Antipodal Utopia evaluates this complex intellectual history by mapping out how Western visions of Australia evolved from antiquity to the modern period. It argues that because of its antipodal relationship with Europe, Australia is imagined as a particular form of utopia - but since one person's utopia is, more often than not, another's dystopia, Australia's utopian quality is both complex and highly ambiguous. Drawing on the rich field of utopian studies, Australia as the Antipodal Utopia provides an original and insightful study of Australia's place in the Western imagination.

By: Daniel Hempel
Foreword by: Bill Ashcroft
Imprint: Anthem Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781785271397
ISBN 10: 1785271393
Series: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 31 October 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Hempel holds a PhD in English literature from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and an MA in European literature from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He is interested in the various ways in which utopian thinking structures our perception of the world.

Reviews for Australia as the Antipodal Utopia: European Imaginations From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

‘This groundbreaking volume goes further into the origins, prehistory and realisation of Australian utopianism than any before it. Impeccably researched and brilliantly argued, it sets a new and exciting direction in Australian cultural history.’ —Bill Ashcroft FAHA, Professor Emeritus, School of the Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Australia