Born: Established: 1939 Coburg, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender:
Male
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Details of Works Taught
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
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Barley Patch
Artarmon
:
Giramondo Publishing
,
2009
Z1594803
2009
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
'Barley Patch ... is a meditation on fiction and Murnane's own dedication to writing, and an examination of the relation between memory, image and lived experience. It is funny, self-deprecating, personal, as well as thoughtful and reflective, and enchanting in its clarity, detail and evocations of Australian life and landscape.' (from the publisher's website)
|
Postmodernism (also listed elsewhere as Post Modernism) | University of Sydney | 2014 (Semester 1) |
|
y
Barley Patch
Artarmon
:
Giramondo Publishing
,
2009
Z1594803
2009
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
'Barley Patch ... is a meditation on fiction and Murnane's own dedication to writing, and an examination of the relation between memory, image and lived experience. It is funny, self-deprecating, personal, as well as thoughtful and reflective, and enchanting in its clarity, detail and evocations of Australian life and landscape.' (from the publisher's website)
|
Postmodernism | University of Sydney | 2012 |
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
y
The Plains
Carlton
:
Nostrilia Press
,
1982
Z459249
1982
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
'Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances. 'There is no book in Australian literature like The Plains. In the two decades since its first publication, this haunting novel has earned its status as a classic. A nameless young man arrives on the plains and begins to document the strange and rich culture of the plains families. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail, ‘a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself’.' (Publication summary : Text Classics) |
Australian Writing in the Postmodern Age (also appears as: Australian Literature 1988 to Present) | University of Sydney | 2014 (Semester 2) |
|
y
The Plains
Carlton
:
Nostrilia Press
,
1982
Z459249
1982
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
'Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances. 'There is no book in Australian literature like The Plains. In the two decades since its first publication, this haunting novel has earned its status as a classic. A nameless young man arrives on the plains and begins to document the strange and rich culture of the plains families. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail, ‘a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself’.' (Publication summary : Text Classics) |
Australian Writing in the Postmodern Age | University of Sydney | 2016 (Semester 2) |
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
y
Tamarisk Row
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1974
Z322076
1974
single work
novel
(taught in 1 units)
|
The Writer's Voice | University of Adelaide | 2014 (Semester 1) |
