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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Agamemnon's Kiss : Selected Essays
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Text Publishing , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction : Agamemnon's Kiss : Selected Essays, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay
Clendinnen reflects on the nature of the essay and the factors that distinguish essays from letters, diaries and the confessional.
 (p. 1-8)
Big Louis, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 11-17)
Backstage at the Republic of Letters, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 18-30)
The Gecko in the Machine, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay humour (p. 31-37)
At the Beach Waves of Nostalgia, Inga Clendinnen , single work autobiography (p. 38-44)
Note: With title: At the Beach
Breaking the Mirror from the Aztec Feast of the Flaying of Men to Organ Transplantation, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 44-58)
Note: With title: Breaking the Mirror
Hobyahs!, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 59-63)
About Bones, Inga Clendinnen , single work prose biography (p. 64-84)
Postcard from Townsville, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 87-99)
Fellow Sufferers: History and Imagination, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 100-109)
Note: With title: Fellow Sufferers
Norman Mailer Meets Jack Ruby, Inga Clendinnen , single work criticism (p. 110-116)
Bernard Schlink's The Reader, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay
Review essay on Bernard Schlink's The Reader.
 (p. 117-128)
Plenty Humbug, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay
Inga Clendinnen reflects on the role of the public intellectual in the context of external perceptions of Aboriginal culture.
 (p. 129-147)
Dispatches from the History Wars, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay
Inga Clendinnen comments on Stuart Macintyre's The History Wars (2003) and the debate about Australian history among historians and commentators such as Keith Windshuttle, Henry Reynolds and Robert Manne.
 (p. 148-157)
Building Treblinka, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 158-176)
Secret Meetings, Secret Lives, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 179-187)
The Crack in the Teacup: Reading Hilary Mantel, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 188-204)
Penelope Fitzgerald 1916-2000, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 205-211)
Anne Frank Biographers Find The Devil In The Detail, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay
A review essay on biographies of Anne Frank.
 (p. 212-215)
Note:
  • With title: Anne Frank.
  • Slightly revised version.
Agamemnon's Kiss, Inga Clendinnen , single work essay (p. 216-228)
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