{"product_id":"9798765156193","title":"Promoting Postcolonial Australia New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePolitics, Literature, \u0026amp; Film\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePromoting Postcolonial Australia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNew Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Uhr | Lee Trepanier\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ History \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePromoting Postcolonial Australia: New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy \u003c\/i\u003euses Australian literary practice as a case study in the emergence of modern democratic literary culture. John Uhr merges traditional political theory and contemporary literary theory in this political reinterpretation of novels by two classic Australian writers: the feminist Miles Franklin and civic republican Joseph Furphy. Examines three of Franklin's novels: \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSome Everyday Folk and Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll that Swagger.\u003c\/i\u003e Surveys two of Furphy's novels: \u003ci\u003eRigby's Romance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Buln-Buln and the Brolga\u003c\/i\u003e, which were both written under Furphy's pseudonym Tom Collins. Despite their reputations as Australian nationalists, Uhr argues that Franklin and Furphy should be seen as pioneering examples of postcolonial literary theory as later devised by the late literary critic Edward Said, Said's framework is surprisingly relevant to writers like Franklin and Furphy who blend pre-modern or Stoic philosophy and post-liberal or communitarian perspectives in their critical portraits of the limits of conventional liberalism for emerging democracies.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJohn Uhr is emeritus professor in politics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Born in Australia, John completed graduate studies in political science at the University of Toronto, Canada and has taught political theory and public policy at the Australian National University since 1990.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765156193\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669710536844,"sku":"9798765156193","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3fb53047-230c-40b2-943a-47462f56df98.jpg?v=1785203556","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765156193","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}