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Joanna Jones

Required Reading: Literature in Australian schools since 1945 edited by Tim Dolin, Joanne Jones, and Patricia Dowsett

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October 2017, no. 395
Ilana Snyder reviews 'Required Reading: Literature in Australian schools since 1945' edited by Tim Dolin, Joanne Jones, and Patricia Dowsett

At the heart of Required Reading is a database called ALIAS (Analysis of Literature in Australian Schools). It includes all the reading material prescribed for senior secondary English and Literature courses in most of the states from 1945 to 2005. Like all electronic databases, ALIAS comprises a structured collection of items ...

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