An Uncultured Rhymer and his Cultural Critics: Henry Lawson, class politics, and colonial literature.

Victorian Poetry | March 22, 2002| | Copyright 
 
But the curse of class distinctions from our shoulders shall be hurled, 
An' the influence of Kindness revolutionize the world; 
There'll be higher education for the toilin' starvin' clown, 
An' the rich and educated shall be educated down. (1)

IN THE 1950s AND 60s ACADEMICS CONTESTED THE VIEW WHICH WAS BEING promoted by many prominent Australian intellectuals that Henry Lawson was an exemplary representative of the Australian national character. They also quickly dismissed the socialist principles which cultural workers in the Communist Party of Australia were ... 


        

            

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