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Tanya Dalziell Tanya Dalziell i(A16782 works by)
Born: Established: 1973 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Tanya Dalziell is a Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. Her areas of interest include Australian studies, modernism, postcolonial theory, gender studies, and film studies.

Her monograph Settler Romances and the Australian Girl won the 2005 Walter McRae Russell Award.

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y separately published work icon Gail Jones : Word, Image, Ethics Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2020 19560808 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics is an accessible guide to the writings of Gail Jones, the award-winning Australian author, essayist and academic.

'Drawing together ideas from literature, art, philosophy and photography, the volume presents a compelling analysis of Jones’ literary commitment to the political and the personal, and reflects on how and why we interpret literary texts.

'An essential contribution to the intersecting fields of Australian studies and international literature, Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics offers innovative insights into the writing of one of Australia’s most accomplished authors.' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted ASAL Awards Walter McRae Russell Award
y separately published work icon Half the Perfect World : Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964 Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2018 14983146 2018 multi chapter work biography

''Their years in the Aegean may have been half perfect at best, but it was on Hydra that they connected to a place, a lifestyle and a community that allowed them to live and express themselves intensely, and as they wished. They refused to believe their dreams were an illusion, or that boldness, ambition and a leap-of-faith might not allow them to reach beyond the constraints of their birthright'.

'Half the Perfect World tells the story of the post-war international artist community that formed on the Greek island of Hydra. Most famously, it included renowned singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his partner Marianne Ihlen, as well as many other artists and writers including the Australian literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston, who fostered this fabled colony.

'Drawing on many previously unseen letters, manuscripts and diaries, and richly illustrated by the eyewitness photographs of LIFE magazine photo-journalist James Burke, Half the Perfect World reveals the private lives and relationships of the Hydra expatriates. It charts the promise of a creative life that drew many of them to the island, and documents the fracturing of the community as it came under pressure from personal ambitions and wider social changes. For all the unrealised youthful ambitions, internal strife and personal tragedy that attends this story, the authors nonetheless find that the example of these writers, dreamers and drifters continues to resonate and inspire.' (Publication summary)

2019 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction
y separately published work icon Settler Romances and the Australian Girl Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2004 Z1162995 2004 multi chapter work criticism Incisive readings of popular late 19th and early 20th century settler adventure romance unmask a deep-seated anxiety about the stability of concepts of whiteness and femininity in colonial Australia.In the acknowledgements, the author lists three of her earlier articles which first outlined key elements of the argument presented in this work.
2005 joint winner ASAL Awards Walter McRae Russell Award
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