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y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Australian Essays anthology   prose   short story   biography   criticism   humour   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Oxford Book of Australian Essays
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Compliments of the Season, 'Peter Possum' , single work prose (p. 17-18)
Untitled, Frederick Sinnett , extract criticism (p. 19-23)
A Colonial Literary Club, 'A Wandering Bohemian' , single work prose (p. 24-27)
Adam Lindsay Gordon, Marcus Clarke , single work criticism (p. 31-34)
The Australian Bush-Woman, Louisa Lawson , single work prose (p. 35-39)
The Bent Twig, Mary Gilmore , single work essay
In a series of vignettes Gilmore illustrates how talent and creativity can be lost through lack of opportunity and unfavourable circumstances. She disagrees with the view that poverty is an aid to genius.
 (p. 51-53)
The Amateur Gardener, A. B. Paterson , single work prose (p. 54-57)
War and the Devil, Henry Boote , single work short story (p. 58-61)
A Word for Australians, Alfred George Stephens , single work prose (p. 62-65)
If I Could Paint, Henry Lawson , single work prose (p. 66-71)
Christmas in the Early Days Christmas in the Bush, Edward S. Sorenson , single work essay (p. 79-82)
The University and Australian Literature, Christopher Brennan , single work criticism (p. 83-87)
Bad Language, Walter Murdoch , single work prose (p. 93-96)
The Legacy, C. E. W. Bean , extract prose (p. 97-99)
The Question of Ned Kelly's Perfume Ned Kelly's Curious Habits with Perfume, Norman Lindsay , single work prose (p. 103-105)
On Surfing, Nettie Palmer , single work prose (p. 106-108)
The Spirit of Prose, Vance Palmer , single work criticism (p. 109-111)
The Cultural Cringe, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 112-115)
Learning the Facts of Life, Lennie Lower , single work prose humour
Lower dismisses conventional education and demonstrates how he would teach children the important things in life.
 (p. 116-117)
It's Too Hard to be Free!, Brian Penton , single work prose (p. 118-120)
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