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Several of these essays first appeared, in a shorter form, as part of a series on Australian writers published in the Bulletin in 1937.
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Two Women Novelists : Henry Handel Richardson and Katharine Susannah Prichard,
single work
criticism
'An early version of this work was delivered as a lecture by Flora Eldershaw to the Australian English Association on 23 April 1931 and first printed in pamphlet form under the title Contemporary Australian Women Writers. It was later revised and expanded for publication in Essays in Australian Fiction (1938). (Editor's note, Plaque with Laurel: Essays ,Reviews and Correspondence. Ed. Maryanne Dever, 1995) Sections of the work also appeared as part of a series on Australian writers published in the Bulletin in 1937.
- Frank Dalby Davison, single work criticism (p. 41-80)
- Vance Palmer, single work criticism (p. 81-120)
- Leonard Mann, single work criticism (p. 121-137)
- The Montforts, single work criticism (p. 138-157)
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Christina Stead,
single work
criticism
'In three years Christina Stead has written three books—The Salzburg Tales, 1934, Seven Poor Men of Sydney, 1935, and The Beauties and Furies, 1936—and they bring a new note into Australian fiction. The first is a collection of stories, told by pilgrims to the Mozart festival in Salzburg and held together by a slight and purely formal framework. The stories are set in many places, real and mythical, in this world and the next, and some are Australian. Seven Poor Men of Sydney is a novel, a pattern of lives, of thoughts and emotions, shown against a curiously patterned backcloth of Sydney. The Beauties and Furies is the first volume of a proposed picture in three volumes of student love, and is set in Paris. (Introduction)
- Eleanor Dark, single work criticism (p. 182-198)
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Australian Women Writers’ Popular Non-fiction Prose in the Pre-war Period : Exploring Their Motivations
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 11 no. 1-2 2022; (p. 63-80) 'Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have undertaken important critical work on Australian women’s writing of earlier eras, profiling and promoting their fiction. Less attention has been afforded to the popular non-fiction produced by Australian women writers and, in particular, to that produced before the Second World War. Yet this writing is important for several reasons. First, the non-fiction writing of Australian women was voluminous and popular with readers. Second, this popular work critically engaged with a tumultuous political, social and moral landscape in which, as women’s rights were increasingly realized through legislation, the subjectivity of women themselves was fluid and contested. Third, as many of these women were also, or principally, fiction writers, their non-fiction can be shown to have informed and influenced many of their fictional interests, themes and characters. Lastly, and critically, popular non-fiction publication helped to financially sustain many of these writers. In proposing a conceptual framework informed by the work of Pierre Bourdieu to analyse examples of this body of work, this article not only suggests that important connections exist between popular and mainstream non-fiction works – newspaper and magazine articles, essays, pamphlets and speeches – and the fictional publications of Australian women writers of the early twentieth century but also suggests that these connections may represent an Australian literary habitus where writing across genre, form and audience was a professional approach that built and sustained literary careers.' (Publication abstract) -
Criticism in Australia
1938
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 September vol. 59 no. 3058 1938; (p. 2)
— Review of Essays in Australian Fiction 1938 selected work criticism -
Untitled
1938
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 10 no. 3 1938; (p. 104-106)
— Review of Essays in Australian Fiction 1938 selected work criticism
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Untitled
1938
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 10 no. 3 1938; (p. 104-106)
— Review of Essays in Australian Fiction 1938 selected work criticism -
Criticism in Australia
1938
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 September vol. 59 no. 3058 1938; (p. 2)
— Review of Essays in Australian Fiction 1938 selected work criticism -
Australian Women Writers’ Popular Non-fiction Prose in the Pre-war Period : Exploring Their Motivations
2022
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 11 no. 1-2 2022; (p. 63-80) 'Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have undertaken important critical work on Australian women’s writing of earlier eras, profiling and promoting their fiction. Less attention has been afforded to the popular non-fiction produced by Australian women writers and, in particular, to that produced before the Second World War. Yet this writing is important for several reasons. First, the non-fiction writing of Australian women was voluminous and popular with readers. Second, this popular work critically engaged with a tumultuous political, social and moral landscape in which, as women’s rights were increasingly realized through legislation, the subjectivity of women themselves was fluid and contested. Third, as many of these women were also, or principally, fiction writers, their non-fiction can be shown to have informed and influenced many of their fictional interests, themes and characters. Lastly, and critically, popular non-fiction publication helped to financially sustain many of these writers. In proposing a conceptual framework informed by the work of Pierre Bourdieu to analyse examples of this body of work, this article not only suggests that important connections exist between popular and mainstream non-fiction works – newspaper and magazine articles, essays, pamphlets and speeches – and the fictional publications of Australian women writers of the early twentieth century but also suggests that these connections may represent an Australian literary habitus where writing across genre, form and audience was a professional approach that built and sustained literary careers.' (Publication abstract)
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