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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Hutchinson ,
      1964 .
      Extent: 223p.
      Description: Portrait of Charmian Clift.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1989 .
      Extent: vi, 211 p.p.
      ISBN: 0732225558 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

An Expatriated Adventurer : Charmian Clift and the Utopian Possibility Susan Carson , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;

'For 20 years Charmian Clift wrote fiction and non-fiction from locations in Australia, England and Greece. When she returned to Australia from Greece in 1964, she explored new career opportunities in newspapers and television. Throughout this long period of publication Clift worked on an autobiographical fiction that she hoped to publish when time permitted. This paper examines the dimensions of a utopian spirit that supported Clift’s journey across countries and genres in search of an authorial self in which she felt most ‘at home. Travel memoir, journalism and fiction, as well as extracts from Clift’s unfinished autobiographical work ‘The End of the Morning,’ are examined to describe her engagement with utopian principles as a way of achieving, through writing, social change and personal fulfilment.' (Publication abstract)

Three Ways of Looking at Kalymnos : Charmian Clift’s Differing Versions of One Greek Island Shilo Previti , Jamie Walters , David Roessel , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;
'In 1951, married Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, feeling stifled by postwar conservatism, left Sydney behind to find a more ‘authentic’ way of living. They went first to London, the mecca for Australian literary expatriates, where there was no shortage of work and culture, but where they quickly felt trapped by the ‘rat-race’ mentality of a modern city. So in 1954 they left again, this time for the Greek islands, disposing of material possessions and cutting many of their personal ties. Hoping for a permanent shift from mundane to romantic, they embraced the shining ideals offered by Greek island life: other-worldly beauty; ‘simple’ Greek lifestyles, and freedom from the many pressures of the ‘real’ world.' (Introduction)
Clift's Gifts: Rich Imagery and Sharp Observation Rosemary Wighton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 July 1992; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
Revisiting the Worlds of Charmian Clift Ian McFarlane , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1992; (p. C9)

— Review of Peel Me a Lotus Charmian Clift , 1959 single work autobiography ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel ; Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose
Going Round In Circles.... Penelope Nelson , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 25-26 March 1989; (p. 7)

— Review of Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel
Durable Ephemera Cath Kenneally , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , August no. 66 1989; (p. 25)

— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel
Durable Ephemera Cath Kenneally , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , August no. 15 1989; (p. 19-20)

— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel
Revisiting the Worlds of Charmian Clift Ian McFarlane , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1992; (p. C9)

— Review of Peel Me a Lotus Charmian Clift , 1959 single work autobiography ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel ; Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose
Clift's Gifts: Rich Imagery and Sharp Observation Rosemary Wighton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 July 1992; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Images in Aspic Charmian Clift , 1965 selected work prose ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel ; Mermaid Singing Charmian Clift , 1956 single work autobiography ; The Sponge Divers Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1955 single work novel
Going Round In Circles.... Penelope Nelson , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 25-26 March 1989; (p. 7)

— Review of Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; Honour's Mimic Charmian Clift , 1964 single work novel
Diving Back 1966 single work biography
— Appears in: Nation , 5 February no. 187 1966; (p. 15-16)
Three Ways of Looking at Kalymnos : Charmian Clift’s Differing Versions of One Greek Island Shilo Previti , Jamie Walters , David Roessel , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;
'In 1951, married Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, feeling stifled by postwar conservatism, left Sydney behind to find a more ‘authentic’ way of living. They went first to London, the mecca for Australian literary expatriates, where there was no shortage of work and culture, but where they quickly felt trapped by the ‘rat-race’ mentality of a modern city. So in 1954 they left again, this time for the Greek islands, disposing of material possessions and cutting many of their personal ties. Hoping for a permanent shift from mundane to romantic, they embraced the shining ideals offered by Greek island life: other-worldly beauty; ‘simple’ Greek lifestyles, and freedom from the many pressures of the ‘real’ world.' (Introduction)
An Expatriated Adventurer : Charmian Clift and the Utopian Possibility Susan Carson , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 19 no. 1 2019;

'For 20 years Charmian Clift wrote fiction and non-fiction from locations in Australia, England and Greece. When she returned to Australia from Greece in 1964, she explored new career opportunities in newspapers and television. Throughout this long period of publication Clift worked on an autobiographical fiction that she hoped to publish when time permitted. This paper examines the dimensions of a utopian spirit that supported Clift’s journey across countries and genres in search of an authorial self in which she felt most ‘at home. Travel memoir, journalism and fiction, as well as extracts from Clift’s unfinished autobiographical work ‘The End of the Morning,’ are examined to describe her engagement with utopian principles as a way of achieving, through writing, social change and personal fulfilment.' (Publication abstract)

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