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- From the Editors, single work prose (p. 5-6)
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The Challenge of Beauty,
single work
essay
(p. 8-20)
Contends that the proponents of high modernism, galvanised by the outrage of the Great War, abandoned beauty (as it had been traditionally defined) as the organizing principle of art.
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Some Thoughts on Beauty and Bliss: A Conversation with Three Contemporary Artists,
single work
essay
(p. 21-38)
Investigates ideas of beauty in contemporary art and the notion of bliss as a corollary of beauty. Includes discussions with West Australian-based contemporary artists, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Pilar Mata Dupont and, Helen Smith.
- On Behalf of Nature Poetryi"Silence incarnate, a snowstorm", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
- Clutching at Petalsi"Radio talk in the background instructs me", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- Oedo Chapel, Korea—i"Quiet embodied by incense", single work poetry (p. 43-44)
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The Beauty of the Australian House,
single work
essay
(p. 45-54)
Argues that houses are poetically depicted in contemporary Australian fiction as shelters, places of comfort and security.
- Wallpaper, single work short story (p. 55-64)
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The Beauty of a Dead Child: Art, Violence and Negativity,
single work
essay
(p. 65-74)
Explores the operation of beauty in a work of art that clearly rejects a classical schema.
- Eight Years and Four Months, single work short story (p. 76-82)
- On Drawing a Stranger, Unobservedi"He looks down, elbows on knees, bare toes", single work poetry (p. 83)
- Karri Hazeli"cascading the sun into so many greens", single work poetry (p. 84)
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Strange and Beautiful: David Foster’s Sons of the Rumour,
single work
criticism
(p. 85-100)
Argues that a turning away from aestheticism in contemporary literature is one of the reasons for the critical neglect of the significant Australian novelist, David Foster.
- Endless Winter, single work short story (p. 101-109)
- The Queuei"Across pale water—", single work poetry (p. 110-111)
- If I Want to Keep Beautyi"Standing in front of the mirror,", single work poetry (p. 112-113)
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Make It New?i"Listening to modern or Post-modern",
single work
poetry
(p. 114-116)
Note: Epigraph: There is a long history in the modernist tradition of assuming the beautiful must be a lie and that ugliness must be evidence of truth. - Christopher Allen
- A Marriage of True Minds : Leonard and Elizabeth Jolley, single work biography (p. 118-137)
- Let’s Dance, single work short story (p. 140-148)
- Dinosaur, single work short story (p. 149-153)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Magazine
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 January 2014; (p. 6)
— Review of Westerly vol. 58 no. 2 November 2013 periodical issue
-
Magazine
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 January 2014; (p. 6)
— Review of Westerly vol. 58 no. 2 November 2013 periodical issue
