"Reality is monstrous": Christina Stead's critique of the triumphant West in The Puzzleheaded Girl

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Ackland, Michael
Michael Ackland
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[Extract] … this essay attempts first to establish Stead’s political position and opinion of the postwar consensus that had emerged in the United States, prior to their composition, before endeavoring to trace the impact of these attitudes on her depictions of contemporary society in The Puzzleheaded Girl.

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0893-5580

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American Association of Australian Literary Studies

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10.13110/antipodes.27.1.0011