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Dedication: To Maureen with love
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 72 no. 1030 1992; (p. 27)
— Review of Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel -
Guilt Edge
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 147 1992-1993; (p. 65-66)
— Review of A Corpse at the Opera House : A Crimes for a Summer Christmas Anthology 1992 anthology short story ; Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel -
Slugging it Out for Planet Earth
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 November 1992; (p. C8)
— Review of Greater Things 1992 single work novel ; The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay 1990 single work novel ; Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel
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Slugging it Out for Planet Earth
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 November 1992; (p. C8)
— Review of Greater Things 1992 single work novel ; The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay 1990 single work novel ; Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel -
Guilt Edge
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 147 1992-1993; (p. 65-66)
— Review of A Corpse at the Opera House : A Crimes for a Summer Christmas Anthology 1992 anthology short story ; Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel -
Forecasts
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 72 no. 1030 1992; (p. 27)
— Review of Freeze Frame 1992 single work novel -
'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone)
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