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The Art of Penning the March Hare In : The Treatment of Insanity in Australian Total Institution Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Aumla , November no. 118 2012; (p. 87-103)'The treatment of psychological disorders of all kinds and, more largely, of the deterioration of the mind, gradually made its mark in Australian novels in the early 1970s and gave rise to a series of books concerned with mental health issues. The six narratives I have selected for this study-David Ireland's The Flesheaters (1972), Walter Adamson's The Institution (1976), Peter Kocan's two you-narration novellas The Treatment (1980) and The Cure (1983), Carmel Bird's The White Garden (1995), and Amy Witting's Isobela on the Way to the Corner Shop (1999)-all partake of this new trend. This belated literary awakening to insanity is all the stranger seeing that creativity and madness have often been paired, both being particularly apt at articulating the relationship between freedom and constraint, mental representation and reality, the individual and society.' (Author's introduction)
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Joining the "Mainstream": First-Generation Australian Writers 1967-1989
1992
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criticism
— Appears in: Eagle and Emu : German-Australian Writing 1930-1990 1992; (p. 301-314, 356-392) -
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature
1990
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criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25) -
[Review] Die Anstalt
1989
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review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 6)
— Review of Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel -
Walter Adamson
Rudi Krausmann
(interviewer),
1987
single work
interview
— Appears in: Literature 1987; (p. 9-10)
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Structural Strictures: Some Recent Fiction Considered
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 36 no. 2 1977; (p. 246-252)
— Review of The Glass Canoe 1976 single work novel ; The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman 1976 single work novel ; Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel ; A Lifetime on Clouds 1976 single work novel -
Folklore Crafted With a Featherlight Touch
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 17-18 June 1986; (p. 17)
— Review of Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel ; Tilly's Fortunes 1986 single work novel ; Feathers or Lead : Short Fiction 1986 selected work short story -
[Review] Die Anstalt
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 June 1986; (p. 13)
— Review of Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel -
Jose's Tales Cry Out For The Subtle Touch
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , August, 1986; (p. 21)
— Review of Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel ; Feathers or Lead : Short Fiction 1986 selected work short story -
Hindsight
1986
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 83 1986; (p. 24)
— Review of Die Anstalt 1974 single work novel -
Joining the "Mainstream": First-Generation Australian Writers 1967-1989
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Eagle and Emu : German-Australian Writing 1930-1990 1992; (p. 301-314, 356-392) -
Politics and "Weltanschauung"-Walter Adamson's 'The Institution'
1978
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 23 no. 2 1978; (p. 43-50) -
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25) -
Walter Adamson
Rudi Krausmann
(interviewer),
1987
single work
interview
— Appears in: Literature 1987; (p. 9-10) -
The Art of Penning the March Hare In : The Treatment of Insanity in Australian Total Institution Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Aumla , November no. 118 2012; (p. 87-103)'The treatment of psychological disorders of all kinds and, more largely, of the deterioration of the mind, gradually made its mark in Australian novels in the early 1970s and gave rise to a series of books concerned with mental health issues. The six narratives I have selected for this study-David Ireland's The Flesheaters (1972), Walter Adamson's The Institution (1976), Peter Kocan's two you-narration novellas The Treatment (1980) and The Cure (1983), Carmel Bird's The White Garden (1995), and Amy Witting's Isobela on the Way to the Corner Shop (1999)-all partake of this new trend. This belated literary awakening to insanity is all the stranger seeing that creativity and madness have often been paired, both being particularly apt at articulating the relationship between freedom and constraint, mental representation and reality, the individual and society.' (Author's introduction)
