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Article: Cross-cultural Analysis of the Writings of Thomas King and Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo).(Book review)
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- Australian Literary Studies
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- October 1, 2006
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Cross-cultural Analysis of the Writings of Thomas King and Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo), by Clare Archer-Lean. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. Hardback US$119.95.
Clare Archer-Lean's contemplative, border-crossing study draws on a range of theoretical sources--postcolonial and postmodern in particular--to undertake a comparative analysis of the fiction of native American Thomas King, and Black Australian Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo). Concentrating on the similarities rather than the differences to be found in their writing, Archer-Lean examines the complementary literary approaches taken by both authors as they re-negotiate the constructed nature of ...