The Foundations of Culture in Australia (P. R. Stephensen 1936)

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 5 An Englishman’s view An Englishman resident in Australia, Professor G. H. Cowling, who is Professor of English Literature at the University of Melbourne, recently … [Read more...] about Section 5 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 4 Colony or nation What then of culture in Australia? Here is not a mere vicinity, but a whole continent, unique in its natural features, and unique in the fact of … [Read more...] about Section 4 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 3 Race and place What is a national culture? Is it not the expression, in thought-form or art-form, of the spirit of a Race and of a Place? The Ancient Greeks were … [Read more...] about Section 3 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 2 We are not Americans There is a parallel, but not a close similarity, between Australia and America. In both countries a continental wilderness, sparsely populated … [Read more...] about Section 2 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]

[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 1 Genius of the place Australia is a unique country. All countries are unique, but this one is particularly so. Visitors, such as D. H. Lawrence, have discerned a … [Read more...] about Section 1 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]

[Editor: This is the foreword from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] Foreword This essay was written in three instalments: the first in June 1935, the second in July 1935, and the third in January 1936. It was originally intended for … [Read more...] about Foreword [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]