“Reclaiming the Rubbish”: Outcasts, Transformation and the Topos of the Painter-Seer in the work of Patrick White and David Malouf

Abstract

Colonizzata da detenuti bianchi e spesso da persone con poche prospettive nel Vecchio Mondo, l’Australia è stata talvolta considerata negativamente come una ‘discarica’ di criminali e buoni a nulla. Questo saggio dimostra come, nel dopoguerra, questa percezione è stata messa in discussione nella prosa di Patrick White e David Malouf, che mette in luce versioni locali dell’artista emarginato in discariche reali, e le trasformazioni rigenerative, creative che possono avvenire in quei luoghi.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-40

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