Hope at the End of the World: Creation Stories and Apocalypse in Alexis Wright's Carpentaria and The Swan Book

• Published in: Antipodes (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 355 - 368
• Main Author: Adelle L. Sefton-Rowston
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brooklyn Wayne State University Press 01.12.2016
• Subjects: American literature; Atwood, Margaret (1939- ); Australian literature; Bloch, Ernst (1885-1977); British & Irish literature; Canadian literature; Colonial literature; Criticism and interpretation; Cultural differences; Dystopian fiction; English literature; Essays, cont'd; Hope; Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963); Indigenous peoples; Literary criticism; Literary themes; Literature; Morrison, Toni (1931-2019); Native literature; Native peoples; Philosophy; Poetry; Politics; Reconciliation; Religion; Spirituality; Theme; Utopian fiction; Wright, Alexis (1950- ); Australia; New York; Queensland Australia; United States > US

[...]a hopeful society was created (for these subjects) but one that did not consider the "hopes" of Indigenous subjects.The natural climate is intrinsically linked to the social climate in Wright's literary world and is used as an alternative to "technological advancement"-...