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(Source: Harper Collins)
Adaptations
- Haxby's Circus 1995 single work drama
Notes
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This novel was finished before the end of 1929 and was entered, with the title 'Fay's Circus' in the one thousand pound Prize Novel Competition organised by British publisher Jonathan Cape. The novel was 'a very close runner-up' in the competition. An account of the publication of the novel in America by W.W. Norton, and the proposal to re-instate some chapters dropped from the English edition, can be found in Ric Throsssell's Wild Weeds and Windflowers , pp.58-61 and in Carol Hetherington's 'Authors, Editors, Publishers: Katharine Susannah Prichard and W. W. Norton.'
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Dedication: To my good friends at Wirth's Circus in memory of our time together and their 'assistant lion tamer'.
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An unpublished screenplay of Haxby's Circus by Cliff Green, dated 1982, is held in the Throssell papers, National Library of Australia (NLA MS 8071).
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Dwarfism, spinal cord injuries. Type of character Primary and secondary. Point of view Third person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Losing Sight of Billy : Moving Beyond the Specular in Haxby’s Circus
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 37 no. 1 2022; -
Transpacific or Transatlantic Traffic? Australian Books and American Publishers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract) -
Authors, Editors, Publishers : Katharine Susannah Prichard and W. W. Norton
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 22 no. 4 2006; (p. 417-431)P.R. Stephensen observed that: 'Americans are interested in us' and instances of this interest on the part of writers, readers and publishers abound, stretching as far back as the nineteenth century, but little attention has been paid to it and a London-centric view of Australian literary production has prevailed. Laurie Hergenhan, in 1995, referred to 'an area that has been little studied - American editions of Australian works' which he noted 'were more extensive than has been realised.'
A particular example of Stephensen's 'real kinship' is to be found in W.W. Norton's relationship with Australian authors - Henry Handel Richardson, the Palmers, and Katharine Susannah Prichard. Norton visited Australia and later established personal relationships with the Palmers and, through them, with Prichard. His edition of Haxby's Circus restored the novel's original title Fay's Circus and re-instated some of the material reluctantly cut by Prichard from the 1930 English edition. This paper explores the relationship between Norton and Prichard and dicusses the American edition of one of Prichard's most highly regarded novels.
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Interrupting Maternal Citizenship : Birth Control and Mid-Wave Women's Writing
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , July vol. 17 no. 38 2002; (p. 151-164) -
Dramatist Picks Up Prichard's Fallen Star
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 December 1995; (p. 10)
— Review of Haxby's Circus 1995 single work drama
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Untitled
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 26 June 1930;
— Review of Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth 1930 single work novel -
A Novel of Australian Circus Life
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: Illustrated Tasmanian Mail , 20 August 1930; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth 1930 single work novel -
Novels of Human Nature
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: Harper's Bazaar , August 1930; (p. 70, 78,80)
— Review of Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth 1930 single work novel -
A Reader's Notebook
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 August vol. 2 no. 8 1930; (p. 204-205)
— Review of Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth 1930 single work novel ; Book List Australia : A Selection of Books Concerning Australia 1930 single work bibliography -
Australian Books of 1930
1930
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 307-310)
— Review of The Gully and Other Verses 1929 selected work poetry ; The Wild Swan : Poems 1930 selected work poetry ; Queensland Poets 1930 single work criticism ; The Fortunes of Richard Mahony : Comprising Australia Felix, The Way Home, Ultima Thule 1930 selected work novel ; Ten Creeks Run : A Tale of the Horse and Cattle Stations of the Murrumbidgee 1930 single work novel ; Men Are Human 1930 single work novel ; Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth 1930 single work novel ; Redheap 1930 single work novel ; The Difficult Art 1930 single work novel ; Negrohead 1929 single work novel ; Earth Battle 1930 single work novel ; Huon Belle : A Novel 1930 single work novel ; Only the Morning 1930 single work novel ; An Outline of Australian Literature 1930 single work criticism ; Souvenirs d'une Parisienne aux Antipodes 1930 single work autobiography ; Knocking Round 1930 selected work criticism biography autobiography prose essay short story ; The Kitchen Table : A Play in One Act 1930 single work drama -
A Bookseller Talks Shop
1930
single work
prose
humour
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 September vol. 2 no. 9 1930; (p. 232) -
What the World is Reading
1930
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 September vol. 2 no. 9 1930; (p. 244) This column accompanies, and attempts to interpret the data from, the best seller lists from England and the United States of America and the list compiled by a committee nominated by the Associated Booksellers of Australia and New Zealand. -
A Summary of the Best New Books
1930
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 325-329) This column is written 'as a bookseller selecting books for different types of readers rather than as a literary critic'. It is divided into the sections: 'Novels of Literary Merit', 'Popular Good Stories' and 'General Literature'. Its emphasis is not Australian literature. -
Australian Literature Society [Women's Night Meeting Report]
1931
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 13 July vol. 3 no. 7 1931; (p. 159) -
Authors, Editors, Publishers : Katharine Susannah Prichard and W. W. Norton
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 22 no. 4 2006; (p. 417-431)P.R. Stephensen observed that: 'Americans are interested in us' and instances of this interest on the part of writers, readers and publishers abound, stretching as far back as the nineteenth century, but little attention has been paid to it and a London-centric view of Australian literary production has prevailed. Laurie Hergenhan, in 1995, referred to 'an area that has been little studied - American editions of Australian works' which he noted 'were more extensive than has been realised.'
A particular example of Stephensen's 'real kinship' is to be found in W.W. Norton's relationship with Australian authors - Henry Handel Richardson, the Palmers, and Katharine Susannah Prichard. Norton visited Australia and later established personal relationships with the Palmers and, through them, with Prichard. His edition of Haxby's Circus restored the novel's original title Fay's Circus and re-instated some of the material reluctantly cut by Prichard from the 1930 English edition. This paper explores the relationship between Norton and Prichard and dicusses the American edition of one of Prichard's most highly regarded novels.