{"product_id":"the-university-is-closed-for-open-day-australia-in-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","title":"The University Is Closed for Open Day: Australia in the Twenty-First Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere is analysis in this age of banal tweets and narcissistic comments? Stephen Knight turns his modernly analytical and historically aware mind to current attitudes and actions in need of serious examination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is the impact of the bush myth on the national consciousness of Australian fiction? What of the modern shift in writing about Indigenous issues, from white writers to First Peoples? What has suddenly happened to Australian crime fiction? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other essays look at unravelling travelling, the tiny machines that obsess us, then those bizarrely flourishing modern identity-enhancers--tattoos and personalised number plates--and of course, the state of the contemporary university. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is 21st century national complexity, its origins and its international connections, explored in a socially referential and almost always serious way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Knight is a Professor of Literature who worked for twenty-five years at the universities of Sydney and Melbourne, becoming well known as an international scholar of the byways of literature, such as medieval romance and modern crime fiction. His published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eAustralian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He is now an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48596974338297,"sku":"9780522874679","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wl9f67N0yq9780522874679.webp?v=1782512591","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-university-is-closed-for-open-day-australia-in-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}