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''He writes like a prophet and he can satirise folly in high places with a touch as elegant as Oscar Wilde ...There isn't a word wasted' Daily Mail 'A well-balanced show of wit, intellect and glorious observation' Sunday Times 'No one wields a joke more punchily than he does. And the wide capacity for warmth towards all sorts of experience - from Billy Connolly to Primo Levi - is impressively exemplary in our culturally divided and divisive times' Observer 'Very funny ...breathtakingly good literary essays. Mr James is excellent on television - when he is on it, or reviewing it' Sunday Telegraph 'James's hilarity is often a powerful support for his argument, but as well as vintage Jamesian japery there are many excellent things in this collection' New Statesman & Society' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Not Drowning but Waving, single work criticism (p. 3-8)
- Somewhere Becoming Rain, single work criticism (p. 9-20)
- Last Will and Testament, single work criticism (p. 21-36)
- Galway Kinnell's Great Poem, single work criticism (p. 37-42)
- The Australian Poetic Republic, single work criticism (p. 43-60)
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Your Space or Mine?,
single work
review
— Review of The Archibald Paradox : A Strange Case of Authorship 1983 single work criticism ; (p. 61-70) - Fanfare for a Big Yin, single work criticism (p. 71-72)
- Sarah Raphael, single work criticism (p. 73-78)
- We Shall Be Re-released, single work criticism (p. 79-82)
- He That Played the Fool, single work criticism (p. 83-87)
- For Terence Kilmartin, single work criticism (p. 88-92)
- Pit-bull Poodle, single work criticism (p. 93-98)
- The Words Count, single work criticism (p. 101-119)
- Serious Brain Operation, single work criticism (p. 120-130)
- Making Programmes the World Wants, single work criticism (p. 131-139)
- Preaching to the Converted, single work criticism (p. 140-147)
- On the Eve of Disaster, single work criticism (p. 148-154)
- Chip, Chip, Chip, single work criticism (p. 155-162)
- Jet-Lag in Tokyoi"Flat feet kept Einstein out of the army.", single work poetry (p. 165)
- The Light Welli"From Playa de Giron the two-lane blacktop", single work poetry (p. 166-168)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Diverse, Arrogant but Humorous
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 6 February 1993; (p. 44)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Criticism Flawed by Indulgent Display of Vanity
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 January 1993; (p. 10)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Clive James Critical
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 37 no. 7-8 1993; (p. 112-113)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Getting Along Famously
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 February 1993; (p. rev 4) -
The Hungry Style
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 4 December no. 4679 1992; (p. 24)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose
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Clive is Best Far, Far Away from the Box
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 December 1992; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
The Hungry Style
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 4 December no. 4679 1992; (p. 24)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Clive James Critical
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 37 no. 7-8 1993; (p. 112-113)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Criticism Flawed by Indulgent Display of Vanity
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 January 1993; (p. 10)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Diverse, Arrogant but Humorous
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 6 February 1993; (p. 44)
— Review of The Dreaming Swimmer : Non-Fiction 1987-1992 1992 selected work poetry criticism prose -
Getting Along Famously
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 February 1993; (p. rev 4)