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Foreword by Olga M. Roncoroni, 1956.pp.vii-viii. This collection of personal memories of Henry Handel Richardson, written by nine people who knew her with varying degrees of intimacy, and whose contact with her came about in a variety of ways, has been made with two ideas in mind. The first is to put on record our memories, before we, too, pass on; the second is that this book should appear as a tribute to her memory in the year which follows the tenth anniversary of her death....
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Henry Handel Richardson and Olga Roncoroni 1919-24: An Entanglement
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 22 no. 1 2022;Olga Roncoroni’s essay in Henry Handel Richardson: Some Personal Impressions is the only first-hand account of how she and Henry Handel Richardson became ‘entangled.’ However, it does little to explain why Richardson sacrificed so much of her own life, including the writing of The Way Home between 1919-24, for her new and younger friend. Gaps in Roncoroni’s memoir and the destruction of private papers have enabled speculation about Richardson’s motivations in assisting Roncoroni and the nature of Roncoroni’s character. This essay considers previously unexamined materials from the Medico-Psychological Clinic, the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and Queenswood School to paint a broader picture of Roncoroni and her activities during this period and the years immediately following. In addition to Richardson’s correspondence and Roncoroni’s memoir, this analysis exposes the extent of Roncoroni’s mental health issues, Richardson’s burden of care, and the circumstances that allowed Richardson to resume her writing life while continuing to support Roncoroni. Consequently, the prevailing characterisations of Richardson as self-serving and dominant and Roncoroni as entirely dependent on and preoccupied with Richardson is reconsidered. In this way, Dorothy Green’s largely overlooked or misconstrued understanding of the two women and their relationship is also reaffirmed and developed. The conclusions of this study pave the way for a re-evaluation of subsequent aspects of Richardson’s biography, including her relationships and disturbances to her writing patterns.' (Publication abstract)
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Untitled
1959
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— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 13 February 1959; (p. 84)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Book Reviews
1959
single work
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— Appears in: Australian Letters , June vol. 2 no. 1 1959; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Warm Eno's Fruit Salts
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Observer , 22 March no. 3 1958; (p. 90)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Untitled
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advocate , 3 April 1958; (p. 12)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography
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Prose Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 17 no. 2 1958; (p. 200-205)
— Review of The Men Who Made Australia : Stories and Poems by Henry Lawson 1957 selected work short story poetry ; Marcus Clarke 1958 single work criticism biography ; The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture 1958 selected work criticism ; Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Henry Handel Richardson
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 March vol. 79 no. 4075 1958; (p. 2,57)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Untitled
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 March 1958; (p. 13)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Untitled
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advocate , 3 April 1958; (p. 12)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Warm Eno's Fruit Salts
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Observer , 22 March no. 3 1958; (p. 90)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : Some Personal Impressions 1957 anthology biography -
Henry Handel Richardson and Olga Roncoroni 1919-24: An Entanglement
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 22 no. 1 2022;Olga Roncoroni’s essay in Henry Handel Richardson: Some Personal Impressions is the only first-hand account of how she and Henry Handel Richardson became ‘entangled.’ However, it does little to explain why Richardson sacrificed so much of her own life, including the writing of The Way Home between 1919-24, for her new and younger friend. Gaps in Roncoroni’s memoir and the destruction of private papers have enabled speculation about Richardson’s motivations in assisting Roncoroni and the nature of Roncoroni’s character. This essay considers previously unexamined materials from the Medico-Psychological Clinic, the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and Queenswood School to paint a broader picture of Roncoroni and her activities during this period and the years immediately following. In addition to Richardson’s correspondence and Roncoroni’s memoir, this analysis exposes the extent of Roncoroni’s mental health issues, Richardson’s burden of care, and the circumstances that allowed Richardson to resume her writing life while continuing to support Roncoroni. Consequently, the prevailing characterisations of Richardson as self-serving and dominant and Roncoroni as entirely dependent on and preoccupied with Richardson is reconsidered. In this way, Dorothy Green’s largely overlooked or misconstrued understanding of the two women and their relationship is also reaffirmed and developed. The conclusions of this study pave the way for a re-evaluation of subsequent aspects of Richardson’s biography, including her relationships and disturbances to her writing patterns.' (Publication abstract)