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'Telling Stories explores the interaction between literary culture and the public sphere in Australia, in a series of informative, witty, intelligent and thought-provoking essays. In doing so it unearths the fascinating and changing role that literature has played in Australia’s sporting, political, civic and cultural life.
'The essays span many forms (fiction, memoir, letters, public lectures, theatre, cartoons, song) so that authors expressing themselves in very different ways and in different historical periods are heard in conversation for the first time. Accomplished writers and canonical texts share the pages with political milestones, cinematic breakthroughs, turning points in popular culture, largely forgotten novels and memorable musical and sporting moments, to provide a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of literary Australia.
'Telling Stories follows a chronological structure from 1935 to 2012, with each year (more or less) being represented with an entry (or two).' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
- Literary Possibilities of Flight, single work essay (p. 1-7)
- From Texas to Tamworth via New Zealand : Tex Morton Sings an Australian Song, single work essay (p. 8-15)
- Portals to a New World : H.P. Lovecraft Ventures to the Great Sandy Desert, single work criticism (p. 16-22)
- This Piece of Hardwood, Cunningly Shaped : Rix Ingamells Kicks off the Jindyworobaks, single work criticism (p. 23-30)
- The Most Literary Yet : Man Magazine, single work criticism (p. 30-36)
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Bloodlines : Aileen Palmer's Poetry of War and Peace,
single work
criticism
(p. 36-43)
Note: illus., port.
- Ringing Out : 'Five Bells' and Its Feedback Loops, single work criticism (p. 44-50)
- Style, Modernity and Popular Magazines : Writing Pacific Travel, single work criticism (p. 51-56)
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Unfounded Attack on 'Dad and Dave' Comedies : Dad Rudd, M.P.,
single work
criticism
'By the time Ken G. Hall filmed Dad Rudd M.P., his film-making had come to reflect international popular culture as well as Australian traditions, writes Julieanne Lamond'
- Rowing on the Radio : The Argonaut's Club, single work criticism (p. 65-69)
- A Fascinating Kaleidoscope : Florence James and Dymphna Cusack's Come in Spinner, single work criticism (p. 70-76)
- Invisible, Unacknowledged, but Ubiquitous : Nan McDonald Joins Angus & Robertson, single work criticism (p. 77-83)
- American Servicemen Find Ernestine Hill in Their Kitbags : The Great Australian Loneliness, single work criticism (p. 84-90)
- Politics and Policing : Post-War Reconstruction in Australia, single work criticism (p. 90-98)
- Canine 1 : Bureaucracy 0 : The Life and Almost Death of Horrie the Wog-Dog, single work criticism (p. 98-105)
- 'And Who the Hell are You?' : Dorothy Hewett's 'Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod', single work criticism (p. 106-112)
- On Love, War and Literary Life : The Newcastle Morning Herald Serialises The Thorny Rose, single work criticism (p. 113-118)
- Slumming It : Ruth Park's The Harp in the South, single work criticism (p. 119-125)
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Not Suitable for Children : Alfred Hitchcock Films Helen Simpson's Australia,
single work
criticism
''Helen Simpson’s Under Capricorn made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a revealing stop-off along the way'
- When Earth Cries Out : Telling Workers' Struggles, single work criticism (p. 133-138)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review : Telling Stories: Australian Life and Literature 1935-2012
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 74 no. 3 2014;
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
Review : Telling Stories: Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , September vol. 38 no. 3 2014; (p. 367-369)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
The Stories We Love to Tell Each Other
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 February 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 100-105)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
Seven Decades of Australian Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism
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Cabinet of Curiosities
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 356 2013;
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
Seven Decades of Australian Literature
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
The Stories We Love to Tell Each Other
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 February 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 100-105)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism -
Review : Telling Stories: Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , September vol. 38 no. 3 2014; (p. 367-369)
— Review of Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013 anthology biography criticism
- Australian literature and writers
- Social change
- Reader response
- Literary criticism
- Australian women writers
- Writer's inspiration
- Australian literary history
- Lyrics
- Literary adaptations
- Audience response (theatre)
- Australian history
- Australian literature - Overseas responses
- Success
- Aboriginal Australians
- Inspiration