Michael Ackland
Michael Ackland holds the Colin and Margaret Roderick Chair of English at James Cook University. He has published widely on Australian literature, from the time of early white settlements through to the contemporary period, and produced monographs on authors such as Henry Handel Richardson, James McAuley and Murray Bail. Most recently he has been exploring Christina Stead's political engagements and their impact on her writing, and hopes to publish these findings through Cambria Press in a monograph entitled Christina Stead and the Socialist Heritage.
Affiliation
James Cook University
