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Geoffrey Serle Geoffrey Serle i(A19553 works by) (a.k.a. Alan Geoffrey Serle)
Also writes as: G. Serle
Born: Established: 10 Mar 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Apr 1998 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 A Just and Worthy Tribute Geoffrey Serle , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 77-78)
— Review of No Casual Traveller : Hartley Grattan and Australia-US Connections Laurie Hergenhan , 1995 single work criticism biography
1 Victorian Writers in the Nineties Geoffrey Serle , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 32-65)
1 1 y separately published work icon Robin Boyd : A Life Geoffrey Serle , Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 1995 Z1681378 1995 single work biography
1 Sir John Medley: A Memoir Geoffrey Serle , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Sir John Medley: A Memoir 1993; (p. 1-73)
1 5 y separately published work icon Sir John Medley: A Memoir J. D. G. Medley , Geoffrey Serle , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1993 Z310415 1993 selected work biography
1 Biographical Penetration Geoffrey Serle , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 66-67)
— Review of Headliners : Craig McGregor's Social Portraits Craig McGregor , 1990 selected work biography
1 Stephen Murray-Smith 1922-1988 Geoffrey Serle , 1988 single work obituary (for Stephen Murray-Smith )
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 9-10)
4 3 A Mere Private Eric Partridge , 1928 Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 1987 1928 single work autobiography war literature
— Appears in: Glimpses 1928; (p. 75-154)
— Appears in: Three Personal Records of the War 1929; (p. 271-405 [1])
— Appears in: A Covey of Partridge : An Anthology 1937; (p. 73-149)
1 Christesen's Meanjin Geoffrey Serle , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 97 1984; (p. 77)
— Review of Just City and the Mirrors : Meanjin Quarterly and the Intellectual Front 1940-1965 Lynne Strahan , 1984 single work criticism
1 Against the Orthodoxies Geoffrey Serle , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 97 1984; (p. 65-66)
— Review of In a Critical Condition : Reading Australian Literature John Docker , 1984 single work criticism
1 y separately published work icon John Monash Geoffrey Serle , Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 1982 Z1065873 1982 single work biography
1 Melbourne or the Push Geoffrey Serle , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 60 1975; (p. 85-86)
— Review of Australian Cultural Elites : Intellectual Traditions in Sydney and Melbourne John Docker , 1974 single work criticism
2 25 y separately published work icon From Deserts the Prophets Come : The Creative Spirit in Australia 1788-1972 Geoffrey Serle , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1973 Z185936 1973 single work criticism

'In the early 1970s, Geoffrey Serle presented a series of groundbreaking lectures on Australian cultural history. These lectures became the book From Deserts the Prophets Come, first published in 1973. Serle relates in his preface to the original edition, "I was aiming to cut a new path for teaching and research in Australian history, to bring cultural history into the general discourse of Australian historians, and to bridge the gap between general history and the major works in literary, art, musical, and architectural history which have appeared in recent years." Serle's articulation of the particular relations between the arts, politics, economics, and society within Australia, and what he called his "rudimentary attempt at a theory of cultural growth," remain important.' (Source 2013 edition)
1 Untitled G. Serle , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies , vol. 15 no. 1973; (p. 801-803)
— Review of A Colonial City : High and Low Life : Selected Journalism of Marcus Clarke 1972 selected work prose criticism
1 [Review] Vance Palmer G. Serle , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies , vol. 15 no. 1972; (p. 310-311)
— Review of Vance Palmer Harry Payne Heseltine , 1970 single work biography
1 A Tribute to the Editor Geoffrey Serle , 1972 single work biography
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 50-51 1972; (p. 3-4)
1 4 y separately published work icon La Trobe Library Journal Geoffrey Serle (editor), 1968 Melbourne : Friends of the La Trobe Library , 1968-1997 Z957153 1968 periodical (38 issues)
1 27 y separately published work icon Australian Dictionary of Biography D. H. Pike (editor), Bede Nairn (editor), Geoffrey Serle (editor), John D. Ritchie (editor), Diane Langmore (editor), Melbourne London New York (City) : Melbourne University Press Cambridge University Press , 1966- Z1461268 1966- reference biography

'The Australian Dictionary of Biography is a national, co-operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU), as a project that fulfils one of the original purposes of the university.'

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography website, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/
Sighted: 21/01/2007
1 Three Autobiographies Geoffrey Serle , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 29 1964; (p. 60)
— Review of The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony : An Australian Autobiography Hal Porter , 1963 single work autobiography ; Child of the Hurricane : An Autobiography Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1963 single work autobiography ; Disturbing Element Xavier Herbert , 1963 single work autobiography
1 Untitled Geoffrey Serle , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand , vol. 7 no. 1955; (p. 98-99)
— Review of The Count : A Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, K.C.M.G., Explorer and Scientist Geoffrey Rawson , 1953 single work biography
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