Was australian culture born modern or has it always been behind the game, never quite modern enough? Was it always already or only always almost modern? David Carters essays examine the complex engagements of Australian writers, artists, editors and consumers with 20thcentury modernity, social and political crisis, and the impact of modernisms. Always Almost Modern ranges from the great midcentury novels of authors such as Eleanor Dark and M. Barnard Eldershaw to the unprecedented bestseller that was Theyre a Weird Mob, from famous to largely forgotten local magazines and to film and television, and from the avantgarde to nationalism, communism and the middlebrow. Chapters engage with key themes in contemporary literary and cultural studies, exploring new ways of understanding Australian culture in terms of its modernity and transnationalism.

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