From Deserts The Prophets Come. The Creative Spirit In Australia 1788-1972

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Heinemann
Publisher Place: Melbourne.
Publisher Year: 1973
Edition: First Edition

Description: 274 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and tape marks to the inside page present, but still a presentable copy. This Is A Short History Of Literature, Art, Music, Theatre, Architecture, Science And Learning In Australia.It Aims At Providing An Historical Context For The Growth Of The Arts And At Providing Historical Perspective For The General Reader Interested In The Creative Arts In Australia.

Publishers Description: In the early 1970s, Geoffrey Serle presented a series of groundbreaking lectures on Australian cultural history. These lectures became the book From Deserts the Prophets Come, first published in 1973. Serle relates in his preface to the original edition, "I was aiming to cut a new path for teaching and research in Australian history, to bring cultural history into the general discourse of Australian historians, and to bridge the gap between general history and the major works in literary, art, musical, and architectural history which have appeared in recent years." Serles articulation of the particular relations between the arts, politics, economics, and society within Australia, and what he called his "rudimentary attempt at a theory of cultural growth," remain important. *** The first edition of From Deserts the Prophets Come was the winner of the 1974 National Book Council Award for Australian Literature. (Series: Monash Classics) [Subject: History, Australian Studies, Cultural Studies]

ISBN: 0855610298