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‘National Awakening’, Autobiography, and the Invention of Manning Clark
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2016; (p. 207-220) Life Writing after Empire 2017; Clio’s Lives : Biographies and Autobiographies of Historians 2017; (p. 81-102) 'In the late twentieth century, Australian historian Manning Clark (1915–1991) was the nation’s leading historian and public intellectual. Clark published a six-volume history of Australia (1962–1987) and was one of a vanguard of intellectuals striving to articulate a new Australian nationalism in the wake of the British Empire’s decline. His best-known volumes of autobiography were published in quick succession. Puzzles of Childhood (1989), which tells the story of his parents’ lives and the ‘nightmares and terrors’ of his childhood, and Quest for Grace (1990), which begins from his days as a student at Melbourne and Oxford universities in the 1930s and ends just as the first volume of A History of Australia is published in 1962. In addition to these two volumes, Clark’s autobiographical writings extended to reflections on historical writing, essays, speeches and interviews. This paper argues that all of Clark’s writing (including his histories) can be seen as inherently autobiographical. As Clark remarked, ‘everything one writes is a fragment in a gigantic confession of life’. Clark’s autobiographical writings point not only to the notorious unreliability of autobiography but also to much larger questions, such as the relationship between autobiographical truth and his invention as a national figure, and the author’s right to own their life story. Finally, perhaps more than any other Australian intellectual of his generation, Clark’s autobiographies narrate his life story as an allegory of national awakening. ...' -
Manning Clark's Anti-Semitism
2008
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criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 52 no. 5 2008; (p. 92-97) Further to comments by Robert Manne, Colebatch argues 'that the evidence for Clark's anti-Semitism is obvious and overwhelming'. -
Being There : The Strange History of Manning Clark
2007
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biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , March no. 21 2007; (p. 22-37) The Best Australian Essays 2007 2007; (p. 199-226) -
Summer Reading
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Florid States 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties 1990 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 24 no. 97 1991; (p. 455-457)
— Review of The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography
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Summer Reading
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December and vol. 6 no. 1 January vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Wild Card : An Autobiography, 1923-1958 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Cabin Fever 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Florid States 1990 single work novel ; God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties 1990 single work autobiography -
New Paperbacks
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 June 1991; (p. 43)
— Review of The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; The Picador Henry Lawson 1991 selected work poetry short story prose correspondence biography -
Various Beings
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 51 no. 1 1991; (p. 165-170)
— Review of The Devious Being 1990 single work autobiography ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Miss Gymkhana, R. G. Menzies and Me : Small Town Life in the Fifties 1990 single work autobiography -
Charmian Clift - 20-Year-Old Essays and Still Sparkling
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 May 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Below the Line 1991 single work novel ; The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography ; Being Alone with Oneself 1991 selected work prose -
Grace in the Interim
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 November vol. 112 no. 5744 1990; (p. 118)
— Review of The Quest for Grace 1990 single work autobiography -
Being There : The Strange History of Manning Clark
2007
extract
biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , March no. 21 2007; (p. 22-37) The Best Australian Essays 2007 2007; (p. 199-226) -
Manning Clark's Anti-Semitism
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 52 no. 5 2008; (p. 92-97) Further to comments by Robert Manne, Colebatch argues 'that the evidence for Clark's anti-Semitism is obvious and overwhelming'. -
Manning's Graceful Life
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 September 1990; (p. 46) -
Clark's Quest Involves His Own History this Time
1990
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criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 October 1990; (p. 5) -
My Life, by Manning Clark - Until 1962
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 October 1990; (p. 32)
Awards
- 1991 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Non-Fiction
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
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