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Article: Christopher Lee, City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination.(Book Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
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- June 1, 2005
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Christopher Lee, City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination, Curtin University Books, Fremantle, WA, 2004, 272 pages; ISBN 1 92073 170 9.
Henry Lawson is that rare figure: an enigma. One of the most important Australian poets, he was described by his quasi brother-in-law, Jack Lang as a 'down and out scribbler', and the public grief surrounding his death as 'hollow.' Chris Lee has examined the myth of Lawson to trace Lawson's celebrity. Lawson was one of the poets and storytellers who defined, for many people, what it meant to be Australian (and for some, what it still means to be Australian). Dr Lee has, using his own personal experience of ...