Heeding the Warnings
‘Sucking up the seas’ in Vance Palmer’s Cyclone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12648144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Jordan (0000-0002-7651-9912, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | eTropic electronic journal of studies in the tropics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1448-2940 • E-ISSN: 1448-2940 |
| Publisher | James Cook University (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.25120/etropic.10.0.2011.3402 |
| OpenAlex | W2619001167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Climate change literary criticism calls for fundamental re-evalutions of our critical tools. In representations of extreme weather events, Vance Palmer’s Cyclone set in North Queensland meets many of the new criterion with its story about the impact of the cyclone on individuals, community and plot. The genesis and inspiration of the novel, its writing, its publication, review and reception can be addressed. The cyclone is seen through the perceptions of different characters. Vance and Nettie Palmer knew many of the people drowned in the 1934 cyclone. Palmer drew on the historical record in his novel, which was published over a decade later. The reception of Cyclone was very limited given it was published locally by Angus & Robertson and had no serious critical response. The environmental imagination has been a powerful force in Australia creative writing and is undervalued in contemporary debates
Climate change · Criticism · Cyclone (programming language · Plot (graphics · Political science · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Engineering · History · Law · Geology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |