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''What is the best way to read a book? The first answer is: twice!' So run the opening sentences of a Victorian Adult Education Board bulletin issued this year. They are blatantly characteristic of the cloud-cuckoo territory in which the novel is studied by children, undergraduates, intellectuals and discussion-groups, And, if such poisonous nonsense were restricted merely to such groups, the result would be nothing more than a startling waste of time. It is when the novelist himself becomes influenced by changes rung upon such data that the results can be most dangerous.' (Introduction)
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See also Costello, Joe [letter commenting on Keneally's remarks on form] Australian Author II, 1 (1970) 40-1
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The Literary Life of Australia
1970
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , [Autumn] no. 45 1970; (p. 27-32)
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The Literary Life of Australia
1970
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , [Autumn] no. 45 1970; (p. 27-32)
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