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- Title
Thea Astley Makes Something Out of Nothing.
- Authors
Genoni, Paul
- Abstract
This article discusses the lexicon of the Australian writer Thea Astley. Specifically, the author proposes that the word "nothing" had a certain "semiotic radiance" for Astley, and that she, like many Australian writers, used the word throughout her fiction. Examples are provided. They include "Kangaroo" by D. H. Lawrence and "Tourmaline" by Randolph Stow. Astley's use of the word is discussed in "The Slow Natives," "An Item From the Late News," "Vanishing Point" and others.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ASTLEY, Thea; NOTHING (Philosophy) in literature; SEMIOTICS &; literature; LAWRENCE, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930; STOW, Randolph, 1935-2010; SLOW Natives, The (Book); VANISHING Point (Book); AUSTRALIAN literature
- Publication
Antipodes, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0893-5580
- Publication type
Literary Criticism