Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950

This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting their country of residence, the expatriate experience, and how the loss of these expatriates affected the evolving literary culture of Australia. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction Issues of Definition and Evidence....Pages 1-13 Sailing For Eldorado: Going Home In The Literary Imagination....Pages 15-36 A Gout of Bile: Metic and Immigrant Expatriates....Pages 37-55 The Aroma of the Past: In Antipodean London....Pages 57-89 Drawing Off the Rich Cream: The Struggle in London....Pages 91-110 Who Are You? No One: The Hacking Journalist in London....Pages 111-132 The Dear Old Mother Country: Richardson ’;s The Way Home and Stead’;s For Love Alone ....Pages 133-163 Always The Feeling of Australia In The Air: Martin Boyd’s Lucinda Brayford ....Pages 165-186 A Leaven of Venturesome Minds: Literary Expatriates and Australian Culture....Pages 187-211 No More Pap From The Teats of London: From Expatriation To Transnationalism....Pages 213-229 Conclusion A Padded Cell in Wagga Wagga....Pages 231-246 Back Matter....Pages 247-284