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'Letter writing was a vital part of Christina Stead's creative life and it grew increasingly important in her last decade. It was how she engaged with the outside world and became the focus of her writing energies. Stead was a vivacious, funny, erudite, expansive and witty correspondent. It was a practice she enjoyed, answering all correspondence she received, including Elizabeth Harrower, Stanley Burnshaw, Dorothy Green and H C Coombs.
'Beginning in England in 1973, the letters in Talking into the Typewriter span her return to Australia in 1973 until her death in 1983. Politics, friends and family, literary accolades and achievements, pets and reminiscences are all dissected, canvassed and considered.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (MUP).
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The cover image for the Melbourne University Press reprint notes Selected Letters (1928-1973), but the publisher's blurb indicates that 'the letters in Talking into the Typewriter span her return to Australia in 1973 until her death in 1983'.
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Christina Stead: Loving Letters
single work
review
— Review of Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
Christina Stead's Australia - "Easily the Largest Island"
1993
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 53 no. 1 1993; (p. 80-95) -
[Review] Talking into the Typewriter
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , August vol. 5 no. 2 1993; (p. 94-95)
— Review of Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
Our Woman of Letters
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 February 1993; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
Life-Lines in Stormy Seas: Some Recent Collections of Women's Diaries and Letters
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-13)
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An Unexpected Glimpse of a Restless and Shy Author
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of A Web of Friendship : Selected Letters (1928-1973) 1992 selected work correspondence ; Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
A Dogged Devotion to Writing with Honesty
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 June 1992; (p. C9)
— Review of A Web of Friendship : Selected Letters (1928-1973) 1992 selected work correspondence ; Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
An Incorrigible Wordist Shares a Bit of Her World
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 June 1992; (p. rev 7)
— Review of A Web of Friendship : Selected Letters (1928-1973) 1992 selected work correspondence ; Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
The Ship of Life, Love
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 June vol. 114 no. 5826 1992; (p. 92-93)
— Review of A Web of Friendship : Selected Letters (1928-1973) 1992 selected work correspondence ; Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
I Lived for Love, I Lived for Art
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 141 1992; (p. 20-21)
— Review of A Web of Friendship : Selected Letters (1928-1973) 1992 selected work correspondence ; Talking into the Typewriter : Selected Letters (1973-1983) 1992 selected work correspondence -
Christina Stead's Australia - "Easily the Largest Island"
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 53 no. 1 1993; (p. 80-95) -
Life-Lines in Stormy Seas: Some Recent Collections of Women's Diaries and Letters
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-13)