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John Colmer John Colmer i(A30236 works by)
Born: Established: 1921 ; Died: Ceased: 1994
Gender: Male
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1 The Battler Kylie Tennant John Colmer , single work review
— Review of The Missing Heir : The Autobiography of Kylie Tennant Kylie Tennant , 1986 single work autobiography
1 Patrick White: An International Perspective John Colmer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Breaking Circles 1991; (p. 182-196)
1 The Autobiographic Self and Other Worlds in Australian Writing John Colmer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Perceiving Other Worlds 1991; (p. 105-114)
1 Conflicting Structures in Christina Stead's "For Love Alone" John Colmer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Breaking Circles 1991; (p. 160-174)
1 Constructing a National Tradition : Myths, Models and Metaphors John Colmer , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature(s) in English : New Perspectives 1990; (p. 119-129) Looks at some of the assumptions that lie behind various attempts to construct national literary traditions from the first made by G. B. Barton in Literature in New South Wales to Leonie Kramer's Oxford History of Australian Literature. Analyses some of the recurrent myths, models and metaphors that historians and literary scholars have used to construct an Australian national tradition.
1 Autobiography and the Jewish Migrant Experience : Morris Lurie John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 147-152)
1 Autobiography and Three Women Writers : Barbara Hanrahan, Oriel Gray and Kylie Tennant John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 128-146)
1 Autobiography, Art and Society : Bernard Smith John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 117-127)
1 The Quest for Roots : Vincent Buckley and Sally Morgan John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 98-116)

Interprets My Place as an example of the category 'autobiography as the voice of the neglected or misunderstood outsider'.
1 Flawed and Fortunate Lives : Patrick White and A.B. Facey John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 86-97)
1 Autobiography or Sociography? Donald Horne John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 71-85)
1 Autobiography as an Art : Hal Porter John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 50-70)
1 Autobiography and Fiction : George Johns[t]on's Meredith Trilogy John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 32-49)
1 Alan Marshall's Autobiographical Trilogy John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 16-31)
1 Autobiography in Australia John Colmer , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest 1989; (p. 6-15)
1 4 y separately published work icon Australian Autobiography : The Personal Quest John Colmer , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1989 Z17766 1989 selected work criticism autobiography (taught in 1 units)

Identifies six different types of Australian autobiography.
1 [Review] The Twyborn Affair John Colmer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 271)
— Review of The Twyborn Affair Patrick White , 1979 single work novel
1 Untitled John Colmer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 108)
— Review of The Bay of Noon Shirley Hazzard , 1970 single work novel
1 Untitled John Colmer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 108-109)
— Review of The Transit of Venus Shirley Hazzard , 1980 single work novel
1 Untitled John Colmer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 222)
— Review of Ikons : A Collection of Stories George Papaellinas , 1986 selected work short story
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