Volume 19 No. 4 — 1 October 2000

Starting a Journal : ALS, Hobart 1963 : James McAuley, A D Hope and Geoffrey Dutton

Laurie Hergenhan

Abstract

Laurie Hergenhan recalls the formation of Australian Literary Studies, launched at the University of Tasmania on 6 August 1963.

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Published 1 October 2000 in Volume 19 No. 4. Subjects: Australian literary history, Australian literary magazines.

Cite as: Hergenhan, Laurie. ‘Starting a Journal : ALS, Hobart 1963 : James McAuley, A D Hope and Geoffrey Dutton.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, 2000, doi: 10.20314/als.54a27d12c5.

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