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Verse novel
Includes
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Climbing Up the Ladder of Love (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1985
extract
novel
— Appears in: Scripsi , August vol. 3 no. 2-3 1985; (p. 76-92) -
You Can Dine Out Forever (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1980
extract
novel
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 39 no. 1 1980; (p. 12-17) The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 22-29 December vol. 101 no. 5294 1981; (p. 174-175) -
Sue Dobson (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1996
extract
novel
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996; (p. 206-209) -
Terri (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1981
extract
novel
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 5-7) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 342-343) -
Elise (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1979
extract
novel
— Appears in: The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 300-301) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 344-345) -
The Division of O'Dowd (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1991
extract
novel
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 345-347) -
The Bistro Variations (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1981
extract
novel
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 3-4) -
I Live in the Twentieth Century (from The Nightmarkets : A Novel)
1982
extract
novel
— Appears in: Scripsi , Summer-Autumn vol. 1 no. 3-4 1982; (p. 90-92)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Craft and Truth
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel 2023; (p. 258-273)'This chapter lays out the reasons that the verse novel has been unusually prominent in Australia, considering key examples such as Dorothy Porter’s The Monkey’s Mask (1994), a lesbian detective thriller, and the four other significant verse novels she composed, to the late 1980s trio of Laurie Duggan (The Ash Range), John A. Scott (St Clair) and Alan Wearne (The Nightmarkets). It then goes on to discuss Indigenous and Asian-Australian practitioners of the verse novel form such as Ali Cobby Eckermann and Ivy Alvarez.'
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The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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The City and the Contemporary Australian Long Poem
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Writing and the City : Refereed Proceedings of the 1999 Conference Held at the New South Wales Writers' Centre Sydney 2-6 July 1999 2000; (p. 122-128) -
Alan Wearne : Interview
Martin Duwell
(interviewer),
1998
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 18 no. 4 1998; (p. 136-143) -
How to Use a Street Directory : Detail and Knowledge in the Work of Alan Wearne
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 18 no. 4 1998; (p. 126-135)
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Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , February vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel -
Up Market, Down Beat
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 33 1986; (p. 20)
— Review of The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel -
Reading Melbourne
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 April 1995; (p. 8)
— Review of Take Me to Paris, Johnny 1993 single work autobiography ; The Cardboard Crown 1952 single work novel ; The Getting of Wisdom 1910 single work novel ; The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel ; The Life and Death of Sandy Stone 1990 single work drama ; The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 1886 single work novel -
The New Generation of Australian Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 31 no. 9 1987; (p. 61-66)
— Review of Remote Corners 1986 selected work poetry ; Deep-Sea Diver : Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far 1986 selected work poetry ; The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel ; The Transvestite Next Door 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry ; Baby at a Tram Stop 1986 selected work poetry ; Midnight Tulips : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; By Way of a Vessel 1986 selected work poetry -
Mass Market for Award-Winner
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 9 May 1987; (p. 4)
— Review of Fortune 1986 single work novel ; The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel -
1987 National Book Council Awards for Australian Literature. The Shortlist : A Survey
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 88 1987; (p. 4-6) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Abbreviations [December 1986 - January 1987]
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1986-1987) no. 87 1986; (p. 39) -
Gerrymander : The Place of Suburbia in Australian Fiction
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 49 no. 3 1990; (p. 565-575) Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 19-30) -
An Interview with Alan Wearne
1981
single work
interview
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 18-31)
Awards
- 1987 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 1987 winner National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
- Urban,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
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cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1980s