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Joe Wilson
Australia
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ABC Television
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1980
7140541
1980
single work
film/TV
— Appears in: Lawson's Mates 1980; (p. 106-152)'Young bush carpenter Joe Wilson marries pretty Mary Brand and they go to live in a slab hut miles from the nearest neighbour. The isolation and harshness are almost too much to bear for Mary who is used to all the comforts. Joe makes a purchase which could provide the solution.'
Source:
[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 8 February 1980, p.16.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Henry Lawson's Short Stories
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Radical Tradition : Lawson, Furphy, Stead 1993; (p. 1-29) -
Lawson's High Tide : The `Joe Wilson' Stories
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Henry Lawson's Short Stories 1985; (p. 32-41) -
Henry Lawson as Craftsman
1948
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture 1958; (p. 1-17) The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture 1966; (p. 1-16) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 63-72) Henry Lawson Criticism 1894-1971 1972; (p. 281-294)
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 7 no. 2 1948; (p. 80-90) Twentieth Century Australian Literary Criticism 1967; (p. 181-193) Phillips rejects the view that Lawson's prose lacks technical virtuosity. Phillips argues that Lawson's aim was not to tell a story, but to evoke the quality of Australian living. Lawson's spare narratives, effective understatement and ironic twists within a symmetrical structure produce stories of substantial artistic value.
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Henry Lawson's Short Stories
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Radical Tradition : Lawson, Furphy, Stead 1993; (p. 1-29) -
Lawson's High Tide : The `Joe Wilson' Stories
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Henry Lawson's Short Stories 1985; (p. 32-41) -
Henry Lawson as Craftsman
1948
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture 1958; (p. 1-17) The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture 1966; (p. 1-16) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 63-72) Henry Lawson Criticism 1894-1971 1972; (p. 281-294)
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 7 no. 2 1948; (p. 80-90) Twentieth Century Australian Literary Criticism 1967; (p. 181-193) Phillips rejects the view that Lawson's prose lacks technical virtuosity. Phillips argues that Lawson's aim was not to tell a story, but to evoke the quality of Australian living. Lawson's spare narratives, effective understatement and ironic twists within a symmetrical structure produce stories of substantial artistic value.
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