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Sleeping With the Enemy : Patriot Games in Fictions by Lesbia Harford, Gwen Kelly, and Joan Dugdale
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 37 no. 2 2002; (p. 157-173) Author examines three novels by women authors dealing with the experiences of women and children 'who were left to cope on their own in a hostile environment when their husbads were interned.' She finds that these novels 'challenge the assumptions about both war and gender that have informed the aethetics of the prevailing canon of Great War literature in Australia.' (pp.157-158) -
Subject Matters
1995
single work
criticism
essay
— Appears in: A Sense of Difference 1995; (p. 15-23) The author offers comments on the writing process in five Australian novels by women writers. She stresses that her comments are those of a practitioner reflecting on the work of friends. -
A Wise Writer
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 54 no. 2 1994; (p. 179-185)
— Review of The Gripping Beast 1993 single work novel ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
Exploring the Past to Lay Claim to the Present
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1993; (p. C11)
— Review of The Gripping Beast 1993 single work novel ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
The Failure of Love
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Top Shelf : Supplement to Australian Book Review 1991; (p. 18)
— Review of Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel
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Plotting 7, An Account of Some Recent Australian Fiction
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 72-77)
— Review of Velvet Waters 1990 selected work short story ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel ; Crush 1991 single work novel ; The Hole Through the Centre of the World : A Novel 1991 single work novel ; Lower Latitudes 1990 selected work short story ; Prince of the Lilies 1991 single work novel ; Still Murder 1990 single work novel ; Master of the Ghost Dreaming 1991 single work novel ; Revival House 1991 single work novel ; Cloudstreet 1991 single work novel -
Other Times and Other Places
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 129 1991; (p. 15-16)
— Review of A Fair Exchange 1991 single work autobiography ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
Exploring the Past to Lay Claim to the Present
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1993; (p. C11)
— Review of The Gripping Beast 1993 single work novel ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
A Wise Writer
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 54 no. 2 1994; (p. 179-185)
— Review of The Gripping Beast 1993 single work novel ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
Mixed Bores and Raw Jingoism
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 May 1991; (p. 8)
— Review of Sibling Mischief 1991 single work novel ; Struggle of Memory 1991 single work novel -
Sleeping With the Enemy : Patriot Games in Fictions by Lesbia Harford, Gwen Kelly, and Joan Dugdale
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 37 no. 2 2002; (p. 157-173) Author examines three novels by women authors dealing with the experiences of women and children 'who were left to cope on their own in a hostile environment when their husbads were interned.' She finds that these novels 'challenge the assumptions about both war and gender that have informed the aethetics of the prevailing canon of Great War literature in Australia.' (pp.157-158) -
Subject Matters
1995
single work
criticism
essay
— Appears in: A Sense of Difference 1995; (p. 15-23) The author offers comments on the writing process in five Australian novels by women writers. She stresses that her comments are those of a practitioner reflecting on the work of friends.
Awards
- 1991 winner Colin Roderick Award
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