TY - DATA T1 - Absence and Negativity, Southerly, Volume 60, Number 2, 2000. Sydney: Halstead Press. ISBN 1 875684 433 [Book review] PY - 2017/05/12 AU - Sebastian Gurciullo UR - https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Absence_and_Negativity_Southerly_Volume_60_Number_2_2000_Sydney_Halstead_Press_ISBN_1_875684_433_Book_review_/4929872 DO - 10.4225/03/59151b28a947d L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8332355 KW - Australian poetry KW - Poetry KW - Review KW - Literary Studies not elsewhere classified N2 - Introducing this issue of Southerly as guest editor, Michael Brennan promises a diverse array of writing and approaches to the topos in question. Absence and Negativity features a number of papers presented at an eponymous conference in July 1999. Among other things, these papers attempt to revise some of the enduring stereotypes and cliches about Australian literature and critical writing about literature. ER -