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'This year's Best Australian Essays offers riveting snapshots of the nation's "current loves and angers, its art and myths and amusements and gender concerns - and its propensity for bushfires."
'From Alex Miller on the creative imagination to Mark Dapin on crime myths, from Amanda Hooton on Miss Universe to Tim Flannery on the inner lives of animals, this is a collection that takes the pulse of the nation's writers and thinkers and finds them in rude health.' (From the publisher's website.)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Talking for Posterity : Peter Porter 1929-2010, single work obituary (p. 1-6)
- The Inferno, single work essay (p. 7-19)
- Patrick White's London, single work essay (p. 24-42)
- On Marriage, single work autobiography (p. 55-61)
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The Culturestate,
single work
criticism
(p. 62-73)
Note: With title: Culturestate
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Sister Act,
single work
essay
(p. 74-83)
Note: With title: Something Sacred
- Rick Grossman : The Trip Home, single work biography (p. 98-104)
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'Freud Has a Name for It' : A. A. Phillip's 'The Cultural Cringe',
single work
criticism
(p. 105-116)Henderson argues that the primary concern of Phillips's essay 'The Cultural Cringe' was not the production but the reception of Australian writing and that the essay is 'underpinned by a reception theory that begets a culturally specific hsitory of reading'. His aim is 'to distil that theory, and I will do so by drawing together the history of Phillips's use of the term and his late characterization of it in specific psychoanalytic terms' (127).
- The Smoking Vegetarian, single work prose (p. 150-160)
- Country and Western, single work prose (p. 161-168)
- Infinite Anthology : Adventures in Lexiconia, single work criticism (p. 169-179)
- Art + Darkness, single work biography (p. 180-192)
- The States of the Nation, single work essay (p. 193-202)
- The Only Things I Remember from School, single work autobiography (p. 225-228)
- Waxing Wiser Than Oneself, single work essay (p. 260-272)
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On Being Odd,
single work
essay
(p. 287-299)
'In "On Being Odd", Lorna Hallahan ... writes about a different form of stigmatisation: the marginalisation of the different, the disabled, the supposedly "odd" or "grotesque".'
Source: Australian Book Review, 'Advances', May 2010
- Born in Vietnam, Made in Australia : Getting the Fish Sauce Recipe Right, single work autobiography (p. 300-306)
- The Ace of Spades : Tree Change in a Time of Change, single work autobiography (p. 307-314)
- High Times at the Hotel Desiccation, single work column (p. 337-339)
- A Fine and Public Place, single work prose (p. 340-348)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Best Essays
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Programs , October vol. 15 no. 2 2011;
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
Annual Harvest Gathers Fine Writing
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , 6 April vol. 6 no. 3 2011; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
A Snapshot of National Sentiment
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 January 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
Strangers in the Know: An Anthology of ‘Irresolute Fancies’
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
Lesser Lights Sparkle in a Strong and Varied Collection
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay
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An Australian Feast
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 370 2010; (p. 33)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010 anthology short story extract ; New Australian Stories Two 2010 anthology short story ; Griffith Review no. 30 Summer 2010 periodical issue ; Kill Your Darlings no. 3 October 2010 periodical issue ; The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay ; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010 anthology poetry -
Wide Road to Wit and Wisdom
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 November 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
Hot off the Presses
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Five Bells 2011 single work novel ; The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay ; The Body in the Clouds 2010 single work novel ; The Philanthropist 2010 single work novel ; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010 anthology short story extract ; The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry -
Lesser Lights Sparkle in a Strong and Varied Collection
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay -
Strangers in the Know: An Anthology of ‘Irresolute Fancies’
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay
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