Coming Through, a novel based on factual events, explores elements of the
alternative sub-culture in Australia in the period between 1959 and 1980.
Dual protagonists, Anna Martin and Jack Rose, personify aspects of the
movement that would later be known as 'psychedelic romanticism.'
The narrative follows Jack Rose's disenchantment with the prevailing social
system and his efforts to achieve personal integration and his conflict with societal
pressures to conform. Likewise, in a parallel narrative, it describes the events that
surround Anna Martin's early institutionalisation and her attempt to achieve personal
authenticity.
When the protagonists finally encounter one another they find that a common
and binding philosophy has drawn them together.
The thesis looks at the prevailing social notions of'normality' at the time and
the problems associated with alienation and the struggle to found alternative life styles
in a society they deem to be repressive.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218894 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | Drew, Raymond, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Communication, Media & Tourism |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Raymond Drew |
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