The Alienation of Alistair Cawdor in Randolph Stow’s Visitants
Abstract
Argues that the book is 'an account of the psychodrama of Cawdor's last weeks, and that the information we are given to help us penetrate the enigma of Cawdor includes not only the evidence of the witnesses, and the extracts from his diary, but the accompanying events of the novel' (458).
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Published 1 October 1980 in Volume 9 No. 4. Subjects: Characterisation, Randolph Stow.
Cite as: Hassall, Anthony J.. ‘The Alienation of Alistair Cawdor in Randolph Stow’s Visitants.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 9, no. 4, 1980, doi: 10.20314/als.893d12cd82.