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1 Juxtaposing Australian and Canadian Writing Fiona Polack , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 15 no. 3 2015;

'The geographical entities of Australia and Canada house multifarious localities, regions and nations. Juxtaposing literary work emerging from them can open up invaluable new angles of critical inquiry at a moment when literary scholars in both countries seek insight into the relationship between national literatures and transnational forces.

'Upholding the value of comparing Australian and Canadian literatures is an urgent task at present given that interest in this juxtaposition seems to be diminishing.' (Publication abstract)
1 [Review] Tasmanian Visions : Landscapes in Writing, Art and Photography Fiona Polack , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 79-81)
— Review of Tasmanian Visions : Landscapes in Writing, Art and Photography Roslynn D. Haynes , 2006 single work criticism
1 Taking the Waters : Abjection and Homecoming in The Shipping News and Death of a River Guide Fiona Polack , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 41 no. 1 2006; (p. 93-109) The article argues that Annie Proulx's The Shipping News and Flanagan's Death of a River Guide 'construct Newfoundland and Tasmania as havens from the disorienting effects of postmodernism', and investigates 'how the two narratives bring their misfit protagonists back to the islands of their forefathers to undergo a traumatic but effective "process" of homecoming' (93).
1 Home Births: Women and Regional Space in The Sound of One Hand Clapping and Waiting for Time Fiona Polack , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Canadian Studies , vol. 22.2 - 23.1 no. 2005; (p. 181-208) This article explores the ways in which two narratives featuring Tasmania and Newfoundland figure regional space. More specifically, the author looks at how notions of gender and home intersect with those of space in the texts.
1 Place and Space : Views from a Tasmanian Mountain Fiona Polack , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Imagining Australian Space : Cultural Studies and Spatial Inquiry 1999; (p. 145-157) Polack uses Mt Wellington as an example of how natural space has become social space.
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