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'This is a history of Meanjin, told in its own words...Through a selection of previously unpublished correspondence together with some of the path-breaking writings that were first published in Meanjin, this book takes us on a journey through the magazine's own tempestuous history and charts the cross-currents and conflicts of postwar politics and culture.' (Source: back cover)
Notes
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Dedication: For those who have told the truth as they see it and their cantakerous editors.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton South,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Meanjin Press
,Melbourne University Press
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- To Norah McKinneyi"Your father is quick with the gun, and he long has been hating", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Xavier Herbert to C. B. Chrisstesen (Caloundra 19 October 1941), single work correspondence (p. 6-7)
- Battle, single work essay war literature (p. 7-9)
- Steps Into the Dream-Time, single work prose (p. 9-12)
- A.D. Hope to C.B. Christesen (22 June 1944), single work correspondence humour (p. 18)
- A.D. Hope to C.B. Christesen (25 June 1944), single work correspondence (p. 19)
- A Summing-Up : Brian Elliott Gives Ern Malley Decent Burial:-, single work criticism (p. 20-23)
- For New Englandi"Your trees, the homesick and the swarthy native,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Dusti"THIS sick dust, spiralling with the wind,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- The Incarnation of Siriusi"In that age, the great anagram of God", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Heldensageni"Pop-eye my hero, Everyman my refuge,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- On a Tapestryi"'And in whose eyes I drown,' the Lady said.", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Waiting for a Traini"Looking from Milson's Point station", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Dal Stivens to C.B. Christesen (Department of Information, Melbourne, 18 December 1944), single work correspondence (p. 28)
- The Man Who Bowled Victor Trumper, single work short story humour (p. 29-31)
- Absentee, single work short story (p. 31-35)
- Letter to Tom Collins : The Case for Critics, single work criticism (p. 35-36)
- Letter to Tom Collins : Mateship, single work correspondence (p. 37-38)
- Letter to Tom Collins : Demise of the Bulletin, single work correspondence (p. 39-41)
- C.B. Christesen to Dr. E.P. Dark (16 May 1949), single work correspondence (p. 62-63)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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New Blades for Old
1994
single work
prose
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 53 no. 2 1994; (p. 225-227) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 12-13) -
[Review] The Temperament of Generations
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , July no. 8 1994; (p. 99-102)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review ; The Peculiar Honeymoon and Other Writings 1986 selected work short story -
Review Article : a sort of appendix, which is a source of mild irritation to the academic body...
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1991; (p. 110-118)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
Meanjin's Golden Years
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 28-31) -
Meanjin : Five Decades of Achievement
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Serials Librarianship , vol. 2 no. 3 1991; (p. 15-21)
-
Review Article : a sort of appendix, which is a source of mild irritation to the academic body...
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1991; (p. 110-118)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
The Continuing Artefact
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , June-July no. 11 1991; (p. 26)
— Review of Nation : The Life of an Independent Journal of Opinion 1958-1972 1989 anthology prose biography ; The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
Foreword
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 1990; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
Essaying Cultural Perspectives on a Journal of Record
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 February 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
An Aggressively Eclectic `Little Magazine'
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Society , March vol. 10 no. 3 1991; (p. 44-45)
— Review of The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990 anthology criticism poetry short story prose correspondence review -
Generation Gap (Meanjin's Noble Failure)
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 7 no. 1 1991; (p. 236-245) -
Meanjin : Five Decades of Achievement
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Serials Librarianship , vol. 2 no. 3 1991; (p. 15-21) -
Meanjin's Golden Years
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 123 1991; (p. 28-31) -
New Blades for Old
1994
single work
prose
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 53 no. 2 1994; (p. 225-227) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 12-13) -
Meanjin Closes the Circle
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 January 1991; (p. 26)
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