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'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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http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-36326-20130222-0009-www.jcu.edu.au/etropic/ET10/Jordan.pdf
Heeding the Warnings : 'Sucking up the Seas' in Vance Palmer’s Cyclone
Etropic : Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics
Subjects:
- Cyclone 1947 single work novel
- A Breeze From the Sea 1947 single work review
- Vance Palmer 1970 single work biography
- Earth's Breath 2009 selected work poetry
- Nettie Palmer : Search for an Aesthetic 1999 single work criticism
- Vance and Nettie Palmer 1975 single work criticism
- The Devil's Eye 2008 single work novel
- The Eye of the Storm 1973 single work novel
- Far North Queensland, Queensland,
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