Sydney Harbour
Articles
- Review of The Sea Coast of Bohemia: Literary Life in Sydney's Roaring Twenties by Peter Kirkpatrick
One of many anecdotes in The Sea Coast of Bohemia is Jack Lindsay's account of 'the party to end all parties', the true parable of…
1 October 1993 - Sheer Voice and Fidget Wheels: A Study of 'Five Bells'
A close reading of Slessor's poem grounded in consideration of the poetic 'I'. 'Except at certain deliberate points 'Five Bells' tends to make the speaking…
1 May 1988 - The Tank Stream Press: Urban Modernity and Cultural Life in Christina Stead’s Seven Poor Men of Sydney
In Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934), Christina Stead evokes the city’s history in her naming of the Tank Stream Press, the novel’s central location…
7 December 2016 - Bridging Distances: Ruth Park’s A Power of Roses (1953)
Ruth Park’s A Power of Roses (1953) focuses on the inhabitants of a boarding house in Sydney’s inner suburb, The Rocks, a diverse community largely…
3 October 2024