Gail Jones

Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics is an accessible guide to the writings of the award-winning Australian author Gail Jones. Bringing together ideas from literature, art, politics, philosophy and photography, Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics introduces a vibrant set of terms and concepts to highlight how and why we interpret literary texts and to recognise the contribution Jones' writing makes to public debates, including Australian literary culture.

The array of sophisticated yet accessible ideas and texts discussed in Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics makes the book a timely, ambitious and essential contribution to the intersecting fields of Australian studies and international literature.

About the Author

Tanya Dalziell is an Associate Professor of English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia. With Paul Genoni, she is the author of Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964, which won the 2019 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.