Sydney and Its Waterway in Australian Literary Modernism

1. Introduction: Writing a city built on water.- 2. The origins of Australian urban modernity: Christina Stead''s Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934).- 3. Science, everyday experience and modern urban women: Dymphna Cusack''s Jungfrau (1936).- 4. Ecology, urban ethics and the Harbour: Eleanor Dark''s Waterway (1938).- 5. Plans, porosity and the possibilities of urban narrative: Kylie Tennant''s Foveaux (1939).- 6. The end of the city: M. Barnard Eldershaw''s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1947; 1983).- 7. Conclusion: Sydney then and now.