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Author's note: I.M. Wanda Jamrozik
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The Book Club [26 July 2016]
The Book Club - Books that Transport You
Sydney
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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2016
15260569
2016
film/TV
Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Maxine Beneba Clarke and Zoe Daniel to discuss and review the books Paradise Lost, The Fault in Our Stars, Ancillary Justice, and Australian novel, Midnight in Sicily.
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A Sacred Journey to Naples : Michelle de Krester's Questions of Travel
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , no. 16 2016; (p. 95-117)Within the theme of Australian Travel to Italy, the article will analyse images of Naples in Michelle de Kretser’s novel Questions of Travel (2012). It will begin with a short introduction to Australian travel and an outline of de Kretser’s journeys in Italy, as well as her comments on her Italian experiences (Trapè 2015). It will then move on to the treatment of Italy in her novel. I will analyse which views of Italy the writer presents in Questions of Travel in order to define her way of approaching and responding to this country. I will do this by focusing on her descriptions of Italy and will avail myself of the theoretical discussions of description provided by Philippe Hamon.
- y Imaging Italy Through the Eyes of Contemporary Australian Travellers (1990-2010) Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2011 Z1875994 2011 multi chapter work prose travel Contents: Part 1 Jeffrey Smart and Shirley Hazzard; Part 2 Robert Dessaix; Part 3 Peter Robb
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Fragments Shored against Ruins
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , vol. 16 no. 2 2010; 'Denis Byrne's Surface Collection is a finely written philosophical travelogue, taking the reader on an archaeological tour of South Asia that is also a personal quest and a critique of heritage conservation. Its closely organised structure, reminiscent of baroque music, begins with an investigation of the modes of erasure or preservation of the recent past in South East Asia, shifts to an ironic narrative of futile quests for historical traces, and concludes with reflections on the clash of popular Buddhist relic worship with the values of heritage conservation. Byrne stages the latter conflict as between magical and rationalistic worldviews. Mildly dissenting, this essay suggests that although heritage conservation deploys scientific means, it is based on the sacralisation of the past. This motivation brings it closer to magic than to core tenets of Enlightenment, either of the Rational or the Buddhist kind.' (Author's abstract) -
Two Sides to the Story : Against
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 January 2005; (p. 11)
— Review of Midnight in Sicily 1996 single work prose
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Two Sides to the Story
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 January 2005; (p. 11)
— Review of Midnight in Sicily 1996 single work prose -
Two Sides to the Story : Against
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 January 2005; (p. 11)
— Review of Midnight in Sicily 1996 single work prose -
Midnight in Sicily
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 19 April 1998; (p. 25)
— Review of Midnight in Sicily 1996 single work prose -
The Full Brazilian
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 18 October 2003; (p. 3) -
Fragments Shored against Ruins
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , vol. 16 no. 2 2010; 'Denis Byrne's Surface Collection is a finely written philosophical travelogue, taking the reader on an archaeological tour of South Asia that is also a personal quest and a critique of heritage conservation. Its closely organised structure, reminiscent of baroque music, begins with an investigation of the modes of erasure or preservation of the recent past in South East Asia, shifts to an ironic narrative of futile quests for historical traces, and concludes with reflections on the clash of popular Buddhist relic worship with the values of heritage conservation. Byrne stages the latter conflict as between magical and rationalistic worldviews. Mildly dissenting, this essay suggests that although heritage conservation deploys scientific means, it is based on the sacralisation of the past. This motivation brings it closer to magic than to core tenets of Enlightenment, either of the Rational or the Buddhist kind.' (Author's abstract) - y Imaging Italy Through the Eyes of Contemporary Australian Travellers (1990-2010) Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2011 Z1875994 2011 multi chapter work prose travel Contents: Part 1 Jeffrey Smart and Shirley Hazzard; Part 2 Robert Dessaix; Part 3 Peter Robb
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A Sacred Journey to Naples : Michelle de Krester's Questions of Travel
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , no. 16 2016; (p. 95-117)Within the theme of Australian Travel to Italy, the article will analyse images of Naples in Michelle de Kretser’s novel Questions of Travel (2012). It will begin with a short introduction to Australian travel and an outline of de Kretser’s journeys in Italy, as well as her comments on her Italian experiences (Trapè 2015). It will then move on to the treatment of Italy in her novel. I will analyse which views of Italy the writer presents in Questions of Travel in order to define her way of approaching and responding to this country. I will do this by focusing on her descriptions of Italy and will avail myself of the theoretical discussions of description provided by Philippe Hamon.
-
form
y
The Book Club [26 July 2016]
The Book Club - Books that Transport You
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2016
15260569
2016
film/TV
Host Jennifer Byrne joins regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, and guests Maxine Beneba Clarke and Zoe Daniel to discuss and review the books Paradise Lost, The Fault in Our Stars, Ancillary Justice, and Australian novel, Midnight in Sicily.
Awards
- 1997 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Non-Fiction
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cSicily,ccItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,