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A study of Palmer's life and work.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Time in Some Aussie and Kiwi Short Stories : Lawson, Baynton, Palmer, and Sargeson
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Time and the Short Story 2012; (p. 105-118) 'The short story in Australia and New Zealand has flourished from the last decade of the nineteenth century onwards, and has been strictly bound to orality - yarns, yarn-spinning (Bennet 5) - from its early days, as the speech cadence of a usually sympathetic storyteller, either involved in the narrative, or simply an eye-witness or a bystander, interacting with listeners / readers, influences its time-scale, rhythm, tempo and structure.
A few significant stories by representative short-fiction writers from the late nineteenty century well into the mid-twentieth century - Australian Henry Lawson, Barbara Baynton, Vance Palmer, and New Zealand Frank Sargeson - though reflecting specific colonial realities and issues in a period of nation building, will be discussed here for their contribution to a relatively new genre, with specific regard to their treatment of time, changing from a traditional to a gradually experimental mode where they are sometimes forerunners or aware of modernist techniques.' (105)
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Heeding the Warnings : 'Sucking up the Seas' in Vance Palmer’s Cyclone
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Etropic : Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics , no. 10 2011; (p. 20-31) 'Climate change literary criticism calls for fundamental re-evalutions of our critical tools. In representations of extreme weather events, Vance Palmer's Cyclone set in North Queensland meets many of the new criterion with its story about the impact of the cyclone on individuals, community and plot. The genesis and inspiration of the novel, its writing, its publication, review and reception can be addressed. The cyclone is seen through the perceptions of different characters. Vance and Nettie Palmer knew many of the people drowned in the 1934 cyclone. Palmer drew on the historical record in his novel, which was published over a decade later. The reception of Cyclone was very limited given it was published locally by Angus & Robertson and had no serious critical response. The environmental imagination has been a powerful force in Australia creative writing and is undervalued in contemporary debates.' (Author's abstract)
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[Review] Vance Palmer
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Historical Studies , vol. 15 no. 1972; (p. 310-311)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
[Review] Vance Palmer
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Clanalder Sennachie , December no. 98 1971; (p. 7-8)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
Literary Criticism in the Tradition
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Winter vol. 10 no. 1971; (p. 151-152)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography
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[Review] Intimate Portraits [and] Vance Palmer
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March no. 1 1971; (p. 67-70)
— Review of Intimate Portraits and Other Pieces : Essays and Articles 1969 selected work biography prose criticism essay ; Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
[Review] Vance Palmer
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 September 1970; (p. 12)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
International
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 November vol. 92 no. 4730 1970; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
[Review] Vance Palmer
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 29 October 1970; (p. 23)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
Portrait of Vance Palmer
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Summer vol. 29 no. 4 1970; (p. 523-525)
— Review of Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography -
Time in Some Aussie and Kiwi Short Stories : Lawson, Baynton, Palmer, and Sargeson
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Time and the Short Story 2012; (p. 105-118) 'The short story in Australia and New Zealand has flourished from the last decade of the nineteenth century onwards, and has been strictly bound to orality - yarns, yarn-spinning (Bennet 5) - from its early days, as the speech cadence of a usually sympathetic storyteller, either involved in the narrative, or simply an eye-witness or a bystander, interacting with listeners / readers, influences its time-scale, rhythm, tempo and structure.
A few significant stories by representative short-fiction writers from the late nineteenty century well into the mid-twentieth century - Australian Henry Lawson, Barbara Baynton, Vance Palmer, and New Zealand Frank Sargeson - though reflecting specific colonial realities and issues in a period of nation building, will be discussed here for their contribution to a relatively new genre, with specific regard to their treatment of time, changing from a traditional to a gradually experimental mode where they are sometimes forerunners or aware of modernist techniques.' (105)
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Heeding the Warnings : 'Sucking up the Seas' in Vance Palmer’s Cyclone
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Etropic : Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics , no. 10 2011; (p. 20-31) 'Climate change literary criticism calls for fundamental re-evalutions of our critical tools. In representations of extreme weather events, Vance Palmer's Cyclone set in North Queensland meets many of the new criterion with its story about the impact of the cyclone on individuals, community and plot. The genesis and inspiration of the novel, its writing, its publication, review and reception can be addressed. The cyclone is seen through the perceptions of different characters. Vance and Nettie Palmer knew many of the people drowned in the 1934 cyclone. Palmer drew on the historical record in his novel, which was published over a decade later. The reception of Cyclone was very limited given it was published locally by Angus & Robertson and had no serious critical response. The environmental imagination has been a powerful force in Australia creative writing and is undervalued in contemporary debates.' (Author's abstract)
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