Suburban life
Articles
- Burglary in Shady Hill and Sarsaparilla: The Politics of Conformity in White and Cheever
This paper compares short stories by Patrick White and American John Cheever, arguing that their representations of suburbia and modernity show fundamentally different approaches to…
1 October 2006 - Suburban Sonnets: ‘Mrs Harwood’, Miriam Stone and Domestic Modernity
Discusses Gwen Harwood's approach to suburban life and domestic modernity, particularly in her satirical and pseudonymous poems. 'Despite her clear apprehension that, in the world's…
1 October 2007 - Review of Suburban Space, The Novel and Australian Modernity by Brigid Rooney
The very word suburban often carries a pejorative meaning that aligns it with an unsightly urban sprawl. In reality, many modern suburban homes and streets…
28 April 2020