{"product_id":"emperors-in-lilliput-clem-christesen-of-meanjin-and-stephen-murray-smith-of-overland-hardcover","title":"Emperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lilliput, ' in this dual biography, is the world of literary magazines in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s. Here Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith, of the journals \u003ci\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e, were determined, driven visionaries. Both were very human-and occasionally bruised-believers in and workers for a better nation. The book ranges from before the Menzies era and the Cold War, through the Whitlam period and beyond to the challenges of the 1980s. It shows how the editors constantly aimed for a culture more liberal, diverse, and developed than the one then prevailing. Their publications may have lacked resources and economic return, but they nonetheless possessed authority, regularly providing stimulation for their readers and for the nation. In finely wrought detail, Jim Davidson--the second editor of Meanjin--traces the commitment of Christesen and Murray-Smith to this ambitious cultural project and how it attracted many of the key writers and thinkers of those years. There are pen portraits of many of them, as the reader is taken behind the scenes.\u003ci\u003e Emperors in Lilliput \u003c\/i\u003eexhibits the enlightened creative spirit animating these journals at their best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Davidson \u003c\/b\u003eedited Meanjin from 1974 to 1982. He knew Christesen and Murray-Smith, and many others associated with them. His own publications range from a scholarly edition of Anthony Trollope's \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e to histories of tourism and postcards. He is best known as a biographer, his\u003ci\u003e Lyrebird Rising \u003c\/i\u003e(Louise Hanson-Dyer) and \u003ci\u003eA Three-Cornered Life \u003c\/i\u003e(WK Hancock) winning multiple awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42879097208967,"sku":"9780522877403","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/UXJNaFJoMjVLVVdRclRwazdQb1NWZz09_c40c870f-2f4c-403c-b9c5-c9dbe9eef443.webp?v=1751962615","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/emperors-in-lilliput-clem-christesen-of-meanjin-and-stephen-murray-smith-of-overland-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}