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The Internationalists : Australian Writers and Contemporary Greece
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;'The expatriate Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders and Americans who lived on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s and ’60s were a mix of fiction writers, poets, musicians, painters, journalists and photographers. Politically, many of them would have described themselves as internationalists. George Johnston wrote his novel My Brother Jack (1964) while he and Charmian Clift lived on Hydra, and with it he said he rediscovered Australia.
'The contemporary Australian writers Susan Johnson and Meaghan Delahunt have each been inspired in their own work by the fiction and memoir of Johnston and Clift. Both Johnson and Delahunt have spent long periods of their lives as expatriates themselves, living in the UK and other parts of Europe. In spite of the achievements of Johnson and Delahunt as novelists, their writing has been largely overlooked by critics. This article examines their work in relation to expatriatism, internationalism and the politics of contemporary Europe.
'The article examines Susan Johnson’s reimagining of the lives of George Johnston and Charmian Clift in The Broken Book (2004) in 2019, 50 years after Clift’s death. It also explores Delahunt’s To the Island (2011), which is set on Naxos. The essay articulates the ways in which Johnson and Delahunt have internationalised Australian literature as a direct result of their expatriate experiences.' (Publication abstract)
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Susan Johnson Interviewed by Sandra Hogan
Sandra Hogan
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 11 no. 1 2011; -
Tales of Two Cities: Fictions by Lau Siew Mei and Susan Johnson
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 113-118) -
Hungry Ghosts
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 2-15 June no. 21 1997; (p. 30)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 76 no. 1071 1996; (p. 60)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel
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Hungry Ghosts
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 2-15 June no. 21 1997; (p. 30)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel -
All You Read is Love
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , October vol. 1 no. 2 1996; (p. 3-4)
— Review of Passing Remarks 1996 single work novel ; Zigzag Street 1996 single work novel ; Australian Love Stories 1996 anthology short story extract ; Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel -
Games Sexes Play
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 October 1996; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel -
The Airless Lives of the Young
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 October 1996; (p. 10)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel ; Nightflowers 1996 single work novel -
Built on Forgetting
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 185 1996; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Hungry Ghosts 1996 single work novel -
Tales of Two Cities: Fictions by Lau Siew Mei and Susan Johnson
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 113-118) -
Susan Johnson Interviewed by Sandra Hogan
Sandra Hogan
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 11 no. 1 2011; -
An Author's Dilemma
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 November 1996; (p. 8) -
The Internationalists : Australian Writers and Contemporary Greece
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;'The expatriate Europeans, Australians, New Zealanders and Americans who lived on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s and ’60s were a mix of fiction writers, poets, musicians, painters, journalists and photographers. Politically, many of them would have described themselves as internationalists. George Johnston wrote his novel My Brother Jack (1964) while he and Charmian Clift lived on Hydra, and with it he said he rediscovered Australia.
'The contemporary Australian writers Susan Johnson and Meaghan Delahunt have each been inspired in their own work by the fiction and memoir of Johnston and Clift. Both Johnson and Delahunt have spent long periods of their lives as expatriates themselves, living in the UK and other parts of Europe. In spite of the achievements of Johnson and Delahunt as novelists, their writing has been largely overlooked by critics. This article examines their work in relation to expatriatism, internationalism and the politics of contemporary Europe.
'The article examines Susan Johnson’s reimagining of the lives of George Johnston and Charmian Clift in The Broken Book (2004) in 2019, 50 years after Clift’s death. It also explores Delahunt’s To the Island (2011), which is set on Naxos. The essay articulates the ways in which Johnson and Delahunt have internationalised Australian literature as a direct result of their expatriate experiences.' (Publication abstract)
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Brisbane, Queensland,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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cAustralia,c
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Hong Kong,
cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,