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1 y separately published work icon Eleven Seasons Paul D. Carter , Burwood : 2008 Z1856430 2008 single work thesis 'This thesis offers a novel, "Eleven seasons", that traces the physical and emotional journey of a young male footballer through the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. It also offers a comparative review of creative writing about Australian football, and a critical analysis of the book's creative gestation from idea to completed text.' (Trove)
1 y separately published work icon Last Supper : The Creation and Recreation of Alexander Pearce Craig Cormick , Geelong : 2006 Z1440251 2006 single work thesis A creative reimagining of the life of Alexander Pearce (1790?-1824), the 'cannibal convict' of Van Diemen's Land, seeking a more historically accurate portrayal than the narrow stereotypes seen in literature, such as the brutish character Gabbett in Marcus Clarke's 1874 novel "For the term of his natural life." The critical exegesis surveys the literary tradition of the convict novel in Australia. -- Libraries Australia.
1 y separately published work icon The Rope Dancer : A Novel and Accompanying Essay Robert J. M. Leach , 2004 Z1231282 2004 single work thesis

The thesis combines a novel and a critical essay. The novel tells of a group of people in Melbourne, some of whom write, party, have sex, take drugs, go climbing and die. The essay discusses four aspects of the novel: climbing fiction, Nietzsche in literature, place and fiction and character as hero.

(Source: Libraries Australia record summary) (Sighted 3/1/2006)
1 y separately published work icon Owl Song : A Study in Tragedy Patrick Van der Werf , 2003 Z1549631 2003 single work thesis The thesis is a creative work with exegesis. The creative component is a playscript exploring European tragic form within a mythologised Australian context. The exegesis examines the research material that informed the playwriting process; including tragic theory, dramatic character, place and landscape, and the use of landscape in theatre.
1 1 y separately published work icon La Pucelle : The Epic of Joan of Arc Ali Alizadeh , 2003 Z1549580 2003 single work thesis A thesis comprising a creative component in the form of an epic about the history of Joan of Arc and an exegetical component concerned with redefining the epic genre and exploring the author's project.
1 y separately published work icon Creative Redemption : Uncertainty in Poetic Creativity Kristen Lang , Melbourne : 2003 Z1200692 2003 single work thesis A study of poetic creativity. To write a poem, it is argued, is to effect a tenuous resolution amid uncertainties that are incessantly available. The task of the creator is to find, amid conventions that are never indubitable, a source of persuasion, revealing expression that may itself fall to further creativity.
1 y separately published work icon Madonna of the Eucalypts : Novel and Exegesis Karen Sparnon , 2002 Z1265198 2002 single work thesis

The thesis comprises a novel and exegesis. The novel explores migration and spirituality in a family saga that moves from the islands of Sicily to the Australian Mallee desert. The exegesis concentrates on the 'unknowability' of the creative process, which is explored through the journey motif.

(Source: Libraries Australia)
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