# Australian Writers

Author: Byrne, Desmond

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28599

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Australian+Writers+Byrne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Any survey of the work done by Australian authors suggests a question as to what length of time ought to be allowed for the development of distinctive national characteristics in the literature of a young country self-governing to the extent of being a republic in all but name, isolated in position, highly civilised, enjoying all the modern luxuries available to the English-speaking race in older lands, and with a population fully two-thirds native. The common saying that a country cannot be expected to produce literature during the earlier state of its growth is too vague a generalisation. There are circumstances by which its application may be modified. It certainly does not apply with...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/australian-writers-28599/chapters/14/index.md)