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  • Author's note: The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance given to him by the Commonwealth Literary Fund.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Cassell Australia , 1972 .
      Extent: 282p.
      ISBN: 0304939234
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1973 .
      Extent: 282p.
      ISBN: 0140037225
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Archive Madness : The Anarchivic Imperative of Peter Mather’s Wort Papers Ronald Blaber , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-9) 'The paper discusses Peter Mathers' The Wort Papers in terms of Derrida work Archive Madness. It examines the way in which the idea of "the anarchivic" can be used to read the novel in relation to the texts resistance to categorisation and it s hybrid construction.' (Author's abstract)
Sunshine and Shambles : The Peter Mathers Papers Peter Pierce , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 83 2009; (p. 101-107) 'In the rich depository of the Peter Mathers Papers in the State library of Victoria, the author's literary and personal labours are extensively and disarmingly displayed' (101). Pierce traces Mather's life and his sometimes desperate attempts of finding employment or grants and making a living for himself and his family, and discusses his two novels, Trap and The Wort Papers.
y separately published work icon Roguery : The Picaresque Tradition in Australian, Canadian and Indian Fiction Ronald Blaber , Marvin Gilman , Springwood : Butterfly Books , 1990 Z349867 1990 single work criticism
Untitled Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 197)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Untitled D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 197)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Flight from Everything Don Anderson , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 December vol. 94 no. 4834 1972; (p. 56)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Untitled Barbara Jefferis , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 December 1972; (p. 16)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Untitled D. J. O'Hearn , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 1972; (p. 16)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Untitled A. Roberts , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 November 1972; (p. 22)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
Comic Genius Owen Webster , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 55 1973; (p. 56-58)
— Review of The Wort Papers Peter Mathers , 1972 single work novel
The Picaro Encaverned : Peter Mathers' The Wort Papers Helen Daniel , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , April vol. 10 no. 2 1979; (p. 3-15)
Sunshine and Shambles : The Peter Mathers Papers Peter Pierce , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 83 2009; (p. 101-107) 'In the rich depository of the Peter Mathers Papers in the State library of Victoria, the author's literary and personal labours are extensively and disarmingly displayed' (101). Pierce traces Mather's life and his sometimes desperate attempts of finding employment or grants and making a living for himself and his family, and discusses his two novels, Trap and The Wort Papers.
Archive Madness : The Anarchivic Imperative of Peter Mather’s Wort Papers Ronald Blaber , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-9) 'The paper discusses Peter Mathers' The Wort Papers in terms of Derrida work Archive Madness. It examines the way in which the idea of "the anarchivic" can be used to read the novel in relation to the texts resistance to categorisation and it s hybrid construction.' (Author's abstract)
Postwar : The Moderns Joseph Jones , Johanna Jones , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Fiction 1983; (p. 87-127)
Alarums and Excursions : Peter Mathers Helen Daniel , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Liars : Australian New Novelists 1988; (p. 43-70)
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