From Deserts the Prophets Come: The Creative Spirit in Australia 1788-1972 by Geoffrey Serle
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 978-0-85561-029-6
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Author: Geoffrey Serle
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 1973
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 274 pages
Period: 18th, 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to top foredge. Some small faint foxing marks on tail edge of half-title and title page. Dust jacket has wear at edges with some small tears to top spine and top back cover. Dust jacket is now in protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.
A historical context for the growth of literature, art, music, theatre, architecture, science and learning in Australia.
Geoffrey Serle highlights the remarkable rise in cultural standards and achievements in the post-WWII years. He discusses the problem of national versus international-oriented art and provides an overall theory of cultural growth in a new country like Australia. (book flap)
From Deserts the Prophets Come: The Creative Spirit in Australia 1788-1972 by Geoffrey Serle
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