Susan Lever, Real Relations: The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction. Melbourne: Halstead Press with the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 2000. 173 pages. ISBN 1875684417 [Book Review] Brigid Magner 10.4225/03/59151aed605f7 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Susan_Lever_Real_Relations_The_Feminist_Politics_of_Form_in_Australian_Fiction_Melbourne_Halstead_Press_with_the_Association_for_the_Study_of_Australian_Literature_2000_173_pages_ISBN_1875684417_Book_Review_/4928978 "In literary critical circles, realist fiction is often - rightly or wrongly - aligned with conservatism. In this book Susan Lever aims to show us another, forgotten dimension to the Australian realist tradition. <i>Real Relations</i> challenges the prevalent assumption that realist writers speak for patriarchal liberalism and that only experimental writing explores feminist concerns. Instead Lever suggests that the distinction is not so clear-cut by pointing to several well known Australian women writers who were ‘realist experimenters’ trying to adapt traditional realism to the demands of their subjects." 2017-05-12 02:16:11 Australian literature realism Susan Lever feminism politics Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature)