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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Catherine Helen Spence
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Helen Thomson , single work criticism biography
Thomson considers Clara Morison in terms of the literary models of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. She sees the theme of 'respectability' broadened by being examined in the colonial context. Spence's Autobiography is not only the story of the author's life and an account of the Scots in Australia, but also a document charting the development of a colony. Thomson outlines Spence's concerns for social justice and reform which are reflected in this selection of her non-fiction writings.
(p. ix-xxv)
Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever, Catherine Helen Spence , single work novel romance (p. 1-408)
Note: A facsimile of the 1971 edition.
Untitled, Catherine Helen Spence , extract autobiography (p. 409-479)
The Literary Calling, Catherine Helen Spence , single work criticism (p. 485-491)
The Australian in Literature, Catherine Helen Spence , single work criticism (p. 492-494)
Marriage Rights and Wrongs, Catherine Helen Spence , single work prose (p. 499-503)
The Boarding-Out System of South Australia, Catherine Helen Spence , single work prose (p. 504-508)
Heredity and Environment, Catherine Helen Spence , single work prose (p. 510-524)
Some Social Aspects of South Australian Life, Catherine Helen Spence , single work prose (p. 526-551)
The Dangerous Classes, Catherine Helen Spence , single work prose (p. 562-565)
Excerpt from Spence's First Sermon, Catherine Helen Spence , extract prose (p. 571-575)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Contents, including introduction, indexed separately; selectively indexed.

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

On an Australian Selection Laurie Hergenhan , 1998 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170)
Democratic, But Not 'Offensively' Australian David J. Tacey , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 9 no. 1 1990; (p. 60-62)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose ; Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever Catherine Helen Spence , 1854 single work novel
An Adelaide Renaissance Woman Shirley J. Paolini , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988; (p. 138)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
[Review Essay] Jill Roe , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 13 no. 2 1987; (p. 242-245)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose ; Point of Departure : The Autobiography of Jean Devanny Jean Devanny , 1987 single work autobiography
Meet an Uncommonly Likable Woman From Scotland Nancy Keesing , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 May 1987; (p. 48)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
A Political Imagination: Rereading a 'Lady Novelist' Lucy Frost , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 92 1987; (p. 20-22)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
A Woman Who Did Elizabeth Webby , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 109 1987; (p. 80-82)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
Meet an Uncommonly Likable Woman From Scotland Nancy Keesing , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 May 1987; (p. 48)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
An Adelaide Renaissance Woman Shirley J. Paolini , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988; (p. 138)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose
Democratic, But Not 'Offensively' Australian David J. Tacey , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 9 no. 1 1990; (p. 60-62)

— Review of Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence , 1987 selected work novel criticism extract prose ; Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever Catherine Helen Spence , 1854 single work novel
On an Australian Selection Laurie Hergenhan , 1998 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170)
Introduction Helen Thomson , 1987 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Catherine Helen Spence 1987; (p. ix-xxv)
Thomson considers Clara Morison in terms of the literary models of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. She sees the theme of 'respectability' broadened by being examined in the colonial context. Spence's Autobiography is not only the story of the author's life and an account of the Scots in Australia, but also a document charting the development of a colony. Thomson outlines Spence's concerns for social justice and reform which are reflected in this selection of her non-fiction writings.
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