Cyclone Country

Chrystopher J. Spicer has written extensively about Australian and American arts and culture. He is currently a cultural historian and adjunct senior research fellow at James Cook University, in Queensland, Australia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Stephen TorreIntroductionOne. The Cyclone Written into the Language of PlaceTwo. The Naming of the DisasterThree. “Big wind, he waiting there”: Vance Palmer’s Cyclones of Apocalypse and Their Power of RevelationFour. “Touching the edges of cyclones”: Thea Astley’s Cyclones of RevelationFive. Threading the Eye of the Cyclone: Elizabeth Hunter’s Epiphany in Patrick White’s The Eye of the StormSix. Earth Breathing: Susan Hawthorne’s Cyclone WithinSeven. The Apocalypse and Epiphany of Cyclone in the Land of Alexis Wright’s CarpentariaEight. The Word Becomes the Cyclone: Revelations of the Literary StormAppendix A: Fiction and Poetry Written and/or Set in Queensland Featuring CyclonesAppendix B: Selected International Novels and Poetry Works Featuring Cyclonic StormsBibliographyIndex

“The book is a significant achievement and a welcome contribution to the cultural understanding of tropical storms.”—Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies