David Malouf

by Don Randall

Don Randall’s comprehensive study situates Malouf within the field of contemporary international and postcolonial writing, but without losing sight of the author’s affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents an original reading of Malouf, finding the unity of his work in the continuity of his ethical for Malouf, human lives find their value in transformations, specifically in instances of self-overcoming that encounters with difference or otherness provoke. However, the book is fully aware of, and informed by, the quite ample body of criticism on Malouf, and thus provides readers with a broad-based understanding of how Malouf’s works have been received and assessed. It is an effective companion volume for studies in postcolonial or Australian literature, for any study project in which Malouf figures prominently.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2013

About the author

Having received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) in 1995, Don Randall subsequently held two distinguished postdoctoral fellowships, at The University of Calgary (1996-97), and at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada (1997-99). He began his Bilkent career in the fall of 1999. In 2004, he was a Distinguished Visitor in the Department of English, Communication and Film Studies at The University of Western Australia. His main research areas are postcolonial literature and British imperial literature, and he has published numerous articles in journals of international stature. He is the author of two books, the first on the fiction of Rudyard Kipling and the second on the poetry and fiction of the contemporary Australian author David Malouf.