AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
The Art in Fiction : Thomas Keneally
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , June vol. 58 no. 2 2023; (p. 280–292)'The article picks up references to novelist Thomas Keneally’s interest in painting and tracks his uses of artists and painting in selected fiction. Visual art supplies style and thematic depth to Bring Larks and Heroes, is integral to the complexity underpinning the murder-mystery of A Victim of the Aurora, allows narrative perspective and structural coherence in Confederates, and connects with elements in The Daughters of Mars that echo the novelist’s positioning of his work across both Europe and Australia, and between commercial and literary fiction.' (Publication abstract)
-
In Custody : Thomas Keneally and American Stories
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , 30 May vol. 30 no. 1 2015;'Keneally has frequently put himself in the way of historical crises, and has risked and most often found his individual voice within epochal stories. Such patterns of risk-taking inform much of his work, including his engagement with American materials. Here I will focus on two of his several envisionings of the Civil War, the novel Confederates (1979) and the biography Abraham Lincoln (2003), and conclude with a differently focused work, the memoir Searching for Schindler (2007), which is an American autobiography in tone and strategy as much as in setting and character.'
Source: Abstract.
-
Traduit de l’américain : Thomas Keneally and the Mechanics of an International Career
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Book History , vol. 16 no. 2013; (p. 364-386)'Internationally, Thomas Keneally is one of Australia’s most successful authors, whether in terms of critical reception, book sales, or author profile. He is probably best known as the author of Schindler’s List from 1982—Schindler’s Ark in Britain and Australasia—even if his fame in this regard has been somewhat obscured by Stephen Spielberg’s multi-Oscar-winning movie of 1993. The story of how Keneally came to write this book and its subsequent success is one of the more remarkable episodes in Australian book history, and of course it is by no means confined to Australia, its point of origin only in a very qualified sense. Published simultaneously in London, New York, and Sydney, Schindler’s List appeared in at least eight different English-language and fourteen foreign-language editions even before the release of Spielberg’s movie. It won the Booker Prize for 1982, the first by an Australian novelist, although Keneally had already been short-listed for the award on three occasions. Across the Atlantic, it was one of the New York Times ’ Best Books of 1982, and in the following year the winner of the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize. The movie’s success meant new English and American editions together with a dozen or so translations in 1994 alone, including Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and Catalan versions. New Czech and Marathi editions appeared as recently as 2009.' (Author's introduction)
- y Thomas Keneally London Melbourne : Edward Arnold , 1991 Z543132 1991 single work criticism Provides a wide-ranging introduction to Keneally's novels, exploring them in the context of the author's personal and national background. Focuses on issues such as post-colonialism, the use of violence in literature, and attitudes to other cultures. Examines the way in which Keneally's reliance on historical sources reflects the problematic nature of current attitudes to history and the past.
-
[Review] Confederates
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 156)
— Review of Confederates 1979 single work novel
-
Recent Fiction : Futurism and Other Projections
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 39 no. 2 1980; (p. 260-269)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; Long Live Sandawara : A Novel 1979 single work novel ; Confederates 1979 single work novel ; Hemlock 1979 single work novel ; The Twyborn Affair 1979 single work novel -
[Review] The Girl Green as Elderflower [and] Confederates
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Sewanee Review , vol. 89 no. 1981; (p. 461-469)
— Review of The Girl Green as Elderflower 1980 single work novel ; Confederates 1979 single work novel -
[Review] Confederates
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Listener , 1 November 1979; (p. 611)
— Review of Confederates 1979 single work novel -
[Review] Confederates
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 23 November 1979; (p. 11)
— Review of Confederates 1979 single work novel -
[Review] Confederates
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 15 March 1980; (p. 28)
— Review of Confederates 1979 single work novel -
Confederates
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Masterplots II : British and Commonwealth Fiction Series 1987; (p. 312-317) -
The Empire Strikes Back: 1915 and the Australian Sense of the Past
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Papers : Yugoslavia, Europe and Australia 1983; (p. 173-182) -
Doubting Thomas
1981
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 January vol. 101 no. 5246 1981; (p. 5-6) -
The Sites of War in the Fiction of Thomas Keneally
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 4 1986; (p. 442-452) -
Thomas Keneally and "The Special Agonies of Being a Woman"
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Who Is She? 1983; (p. 150-162)
Awards
- 1979 shortlisted The Booker Prize
-
cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,