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Articles
- The Design of ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’
For the Term of His Natural Life has proved by the test of time to be one of the most popular Australian novels, but it…
1 October 1974 - ‘Where the Dead Men Lie’
Introduces a newly-found manuscript of Boake’s most famous poem which differs from a later printed version.
1 May 2006 - Lawler’s Demythologizing of the Doll: Kid Stakes and Other Times
Reads The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in light of its two anterior plays, Kid Stakes and Other Times, arguing that these works clarify…
1 May 1986 - Second Thoughts on the Langton Novels : Martin Boyd’s Revisions
When Martin Boyd was urged by his Australian publishers, in 1968, to continue the Langton novels, he explained that he could not do so, because…
1 May 1976 - ‘Scorched Earth’, Washington and the Missing Manuscript of Christina Stead’s I’m Dying Laughing
Pender’s article reveals information from newly discovered Christina Stead manuscripts, and proposes a new reading, in the light of these materials, of Stead’s posthumously published…
1 May 2004 - A Lost Satire on the 1890s Bulletin Writers and Bohemians
In January and February 1983, while researching David McKee Wright's poetry and critical writings, I discovered among his papers (donated by his daughter April Hersey)…
1 October 1986 - Barbara Baynton: Woman as ‘The Chosen Vessel’
Examines Baynton’s story ‘The Chosen Vessel’ and its critical reception by Phillips and others with regard to the relationship between narrative and gender. ‘Focusing on…
1 May 1983 - Francis Webb’s Collected Poems
Between 1948 and 1964 Francis Webb published five books of verse, A Drum for Ben Boyd (1948), Leichhardt in Theatre (1952), Birthday (1953), Socrates (1961)…
1 October 1986 - Treating Dora in His Natural Life
This article concentrates on the characterisation of Dora, the heroine in the serialised version of His Natural Life. The author wants ‘to cast new…
1 May 2003 - In the Beginning: David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life
Discusses Malouf’s account of the composing of the novel in late 1976 and considers the implications of changes, particularly as they relate to the title…
1 October 2005
Contributors
- Patricia Excell
- Joy W. Hooton
- Ian Henderson
- Brenda Niall
- Anne Pender
- W. F. Refshauge
- Annette Stewart
- Michael Sharkey
- Kay Schaffer
- Yvonne Smith