Review of six recent critical studies of Patrick White

Abstract

Kiernan reviews the following volumes:

Patrick White, by John Colmer, Contemporary Writers series (London. New York: Methuen, 1984)

Laden Choirs: The Fiction of Patrick While, by Peter Wolfe (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1983)

Patrick White, by John A. Weigel, Twayne's World Author Series (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983)

Australian Fiction, by Joseph and Johanna Jones, Twayne's World Author Series (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983)

The Warped Universe: A Study of Imagery and Structure in Seven Novels by Patrick White, by Karin Hansson, Lund Studies in English 69 (Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1984)

Aspects of Time, Ageing and OldAge in the Novels of Patrick White, 1939-1979, by Mari-Ann Berg, Gothenburg Studies in English 53 (Gothenburg: Acta Univcrsitatis Golhoburgensis. 1983)

The Articles and the Novelist: Reference Conventions and Reader Manipulation in Patrick White's Creation of Fictional Worlds, by Hilary Heltay, Studies and Texts in English 4 (Tubingen: Gunter Narr, 1983)

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Published 1 May 1986 in Volume 12 No. 3.

Cite as: Kiernan, Brian. ‘Review of six recent critical studies of Patrick White.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 12, no. 3, 1986, doi: 10.20314/als.bc0039561e.