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'This engrossing collection presents the letters between six Australian writers in the years 1930–1957. The women discuss their work as writers, their political views and activities and the turmoils and banalities of their personal lives, in letters that are funny, serious, often beautifully written and at times breathtakingly honest and moving. From the early notes of mutual support to the rich correspondence of long-held friendships, these letters offer a unique and intimate perspective on these extraordinary women. At the same time, the collection forms a narrative and commentary on the literary, social and political events of these turbulent years that witnessed the Depression, the Second World War and the beginnings of the Cold War. Annotated and complemented by Carole Ferrier's background information and careful editing, this collection will be fascinating to anyone with an interest in Australia's cultural history.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Letter to Katharine Susannah Prichard, single work correspondence
- Letter to Miles Franklin, single work correspondence
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Something Being Done for Gregarious Culture
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 25 no. 1 2014; (p. 3) -
'Oh, For Some Refuge - For Myself - To Be Myself' : The Search for Gender Neutrality in the Diaries of Miles Franklin
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 25 no. 63 2010; (p. 63-75)'Miles Franklin, as many scholars have suggested, was an inherently contradictory personality. Friends and colleagues have represented her as someone who rarely disclosed her private life. Marjory Barnard highlighted Franklin's privacy when she wrote in her biography of Franklin: 'Who knows exactly what Miles felt - even when she told you?' (1967, 49). In her collection of Australian women writers' diaries and letters from this era, Carole Ferrier writes: 'Franklin does not generally reveal a great deal about her personal life in her letters' (1992, 6). Jill Roe describes her as 'self-protective to a degree people still find incomprehensible' (2008, 345). This article has been developed from a larger project that set out to explore 'the dynamics of her interior life' (Roe 2004, 44) as expressed in Franklin'd manuscript diaries, held at the Mitchell Library in Sydney.' (p63)
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Literary Lives in Letters
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , August vol. 11 no. 11 2001; (p. 14-17) -
And What Book Do You Read?
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 146 1997; (p. 87-88)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
The Private Moments in Six Public Lives
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography
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As Good as a Yarn with You
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , Autumn no. 17 1993; (p. 245-246)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
Women of Letters
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , April/May no. 4 1993; (p. 55-56)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
`Women of Letters' Emerge
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 161)
— Review of The Toucher 1993 single work novel ; As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
An Isolation: Women Writers 1930-1957
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 129 1992; (p. 86-87)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
Confessions, Wit and Aspirations
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 August 1992; (p. 9)
— Review of As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography -
'Oh, For Some Refuge - For Myself - To Be Myself' : The Search for Gender Neutrality in the Diaries of Miles Franklin
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 25 no. 63 2010; (p. 63-75)'Miles Franklin, as many scholars have suggested, was an inherently contradictory personality. Friends and colleagues have represented her as someone who rarely disclosed her private life. Marjory Barnard highlighted Franklin's privacy when she wrote in her biography of Franklin: 'Who knows exactly what Miles felt - even when she told you?' (1967, 49). In her collection of Australian women writers' diaries and letters from this era, Carole Ferrier writes: 'Franklin does not generally reveal a great deal about her personal life in her letters' (1992, 6). Jill Roe describes her as 'self-protective to a degree people still find incomprehensible' (2008, 345). This article has been developed from a larger project that set out to explore 'the dynamics of her interior life' (Roe 2004, 44) as expressed in Franklin'd manuscript diaries, held at the Mitchell Library in Sydney.' (p63)
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Life-Lines in Stormy Seas: Some Recent Collections of Women's Diaries and Letters
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-13) -
Literary Lives in Letters
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , August vol. 11 no. 11 2001; (p. 14-17) -
Something Being Done for Gregarious Culture
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 25 no. 1 2014; (p. 3)
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