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Christina Stead and the Matter of America SYDNEY STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE Robert Dixon, Series Editor The SSyyddnneeyy SSttuuddiieess iinn AAuussttrraalliiaann LLiitteerraattuurree series publishes original, peer-reviewed research in the field of Australian literary studies. It offers engagingly written evaluations of the nature and importance of Australian literature,andaimstoreinvigorateitsstudybothlocallyandinternationally.Itwill beofinteresttothoseresearching,studyingandteachinginthediversefieldsof Australianliterarystudies. AlexMiller:TheRuinofTime RobertDixon AustralianBooksandAuthorsintheAmericanMarketplace1840s–1940s DavidCarterandRogerOsborne ChristinaSteadandtheMatterofAmerica FionaMorrison ColonialAustralianFiction:CharacterTypes,SocialFormationsandthe ColonialEconomy KenGelderandRachaelWeaver ContemporaryAustralianLiterature:AWorldNotYetDead NicholasBirns ElizabethHarrower:CriticalEssays Ed.ElizabethMcMahonandBrigittaOlubas TheFictionofTimWinton:EarthedandSacred LynMcCredden RichardFlanagan:CriticalEssays Ed.RobertDixon ShirleyHazzard:NewCriticalEssays Ed.BrigittaOlubas Christina Stead and the Matter of America Fiona Morrison FirstpublishedbySydneyUniversityPress ©FionaMorrison2019 ©SydneyUniversityPress2019 Reproductionandcommunicationforotherpurposes ExceptaspermittedundertheAct,nopartofthiseditionmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or communicatedinanyformorbyanymeanswithoutpriorwrittenpermission.Allrequestsforreproductionor communicationshouldbemadetoSydneyUniversityPressattheaddressbelow: SydneyUniversityPress FisherLibraryF03 UniversityofSydneyNSW2006 AUSTRALIA [email protected] sydney.edu.au/sup Acataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefrom theNationalLibraryofAustralia. ISBN 9781743324493 paperback ISBN 9781743324509 epub ISBN 9781743325193 pdf Cover image: Christina Stead ca. 1938, C.S. Daley Photograph Collection, National Library of Australia, Pic/ 12605/2, nla.obj-144459442. Cover design by Miguel Yamin. ForMichael,JuliaandElena Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1 ChristinaStead’s“WestwardExpansion”:Totality,Avant-GardeRealism 21 andtheAmericanFolk 2 FascistMiscellaniesandtheAllegoryoftheDomesticFrontinTheMan 47 WhoLovedChildren 3 Debt,DomesticEnclosureandDaughterlyRevolutioninTheManWho 63 LovedChildren 4 TheNewYorkLoveMarketandthePicaraFortunatainLettyFox:Her 85 Luck 5 Men,MobilityandCapitalRelationsinALittleTea,ALittleChatand 103 ThePeoplewiththeDogs 6 GargantuanContradictionsandtheSupercessionofLimitsinI’mDying 129 Laughing:TheHumourist Conclusion 151 WorksCited 157 Index 183 vii Acknowledgements This book was written with the support of an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant “Christina Stead in America” (DP120103310). Two University of New South Wales School of Arts and Media SRG grants funded work on this project, including the symposium on Christina Stead and Elizabeth Harrower in December2015thatemergedfromthisresearch. IwouldliketoacknowledgetheinfluenceofmycolleaguesatUNSWAustralia who are working in such inspiring ways on Australian literature and Australian literarycultures. The work of my colleagues in Stead studies has been tremendously important for this project. I would like to salute the wonderful work in the field, as well as give particular thanks to Gail Jones, Brigid Rooney, and Sue Sheridan for many memorable conversations and the energising provocations of their work. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Nicholas Birns and Margaret Harris as important Stead colleaguesovermanyyears. At Sydney University Press, I would like to acknowledge Professor Robert Dixon for the support he has given this work and the focus and wisdom of his feedback. Thank you to the SUP team, Susan Murray, Agata Mrva-Montoya and DeniseO’Dea,especiallyinthecontextofsuchaburgeoningtimeforthePress. This project is indebted to the work undertaken by Jacqueline Bell in the great Stead transcription challenge of 2016. I would also like to acknowledge the editorialassistanceofMadeleineWilson. Ioweaparticulardebtofgratitudetothe librariansattheTainmentLibraryandtheRobertF.WagnerLaborArchivesatNew YorkUniversityandthePeople’sHistoryMuseuminManchester.Closertohome,I wouldliketothanktwopeoplefortheirwillingnesstowalkwithmeintheslightly heatedenvironmentofaprojectclosetosubmission:toGavinMorrisonandLarissa Edwards,abigthankyou. To my wonderful daughters, Julia and Elena, who were so patient with my almost mystically extensive project, please accept my greatest love, pride and gratitudeforwhoyouhavebecomeduringthe“ChristinaSteadinAmerica”years. ix
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