Abstract
Critical interpretations of Randolph Stow's works have been inclined to see them as studies of alienation. This essay addresses the material basis for the novels that Stow set in the Geraldton hinterland, namely A Haunted Land (1956), The Bystander (1957), and Merry-Go-Round in the Sea (1965). Against the metaphysical and postcolonial readings of Stow's work, this essay posits an alienation that stems from a change in agricultural mode from pastoral to farming.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | JASAL. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Sept 2018 |