The 'Imagined Sound' of Australian Literature and Music Helen Brooks

The 'Imagined Sound' of Australian Literature and Music Helen BrooksImagined Sound is a unique cartography of the artistic, historical and political forces that have informed the post World War II representation of Australian landscapes. It is the first book to formulate the unique methodology of imagined sound, a new way to read and listen to literature and music that moves beyond the dominance of the visual, the colonial mode of knowing, controlling and imagining Australian space.

Drawing from the burgeoning field of 'embodiment' – itself an idea at the intersection of the sciences

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controversies

and the legacies of imperial rule in postcolonial societies

and recontextualising it among many artforms which created new works from pre-existing parts

Sigley makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the myriad of ways film can shape our thinking

and the relation of pain to creativity

forgiveness

graffiti-scrawling arsonists

Glosses and notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the language and dialects Jonson uses to individualise the characters in his prose masterpiece and helpfully explicating layers of meaning and topical references

The first full study of French political caricature during the critical years of the July Monarchy and the Second Republic

rather than hedgehogs who can do one thing right