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y separately published work icon Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters selected work   short story   prose   extract   correspondence   criticism   interview   biography   humour  
Is part of UQP Australian Authors 1993 series - publisher UQP Paperbacks 1992 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Miss Tanaka, Xavier Herbert , single work short story humour
Two wealthy Japanese pearl divers battle for the affections of a Japanese girl who has recently moved to Darwin.
 (p. 5-15)
Kaijek the Songman, Xavier Herbert , single work short story
Kaijek wanders the bush hoping to be inspired to invent a song which he must soon perform at a corroboree. Inspiration comes when he is rewarded with tobacco for finding gold for a white prospector.
 (p. 16-22)
My Thousandth Death, Xavier Herbert , single work short story (p. 23-33)
Capricornia (from Capricornia), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 39-86)
The Little Widow (from The Little Widow), Xavier Herbert , extract (p. 95-100)
Seven Emus (from Seven Emus), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 105-109)
Soldiers' Women (from Soldiers' Women), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 115-134)
Disturbing Element (from Disturbing Element), Xavier Herbert , extract autobiography (p. 137-143)
Poor Fellow My Country (from Poor Fellow My Country), Xavier Herbert , extract novel (p. 149-192)
Me and My Shadow (from Me and My Shadow), Xavier Herbert , extract (p. 195-200)
Autobiographical Letter, Xavier Herbert , single work prose (p. 205-206)
Interview by W.J. Miles, W. J. Miles (interviewer), single work interview (p. 210-211)
Autobiographette, Xavier Herbert , single work criticism (p. 212-214)
Interview by Peter Corris : Townsville, 22 May 1979, Peter Corris (interviewer), single work interview biography (p. 229-237)
Xavier Herbert : Letters and Literary Logs, Xavier Herbert , single work correspondence (p. 243-277)
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Works about this Work

Islands of Fact, Oceans of Fiction Neil Mudge , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 6 2000; (p. 118-120)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : A Biography Frances De Groen , 1998 single work biography ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography
Selections and Interviews John Leonard , 1993-1992 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 11 no. 4 1993; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography
Understanding the Progress of Australian Writing Clement Semmler , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 January 1993; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Glass Inferno Angelika Fremd , 1992 single work novel ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography ; Fabricating the Self : The Fictions of Jessica Anderson Elaine Barry , 1996 single work criticism
Untitled John McLaren , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 119-121)
— Review of South of Capricornia : Short Stories 1925-1934 Xavier Herbert , 1990 selected work short story ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography ; Capricornia : A Novel Xavier Herbert , 1938 single work novel
New Paperbacks Robin Lucas , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 1992; (p. 42)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography
Through a Century, the Texture of Multiplicity... Nicholas Birns , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 163-166)
— Review of Dark Side of the Dream : Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind 1991 selected work criticism ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography ; The Order of Things : A Life of Joseph Furphy John Barnes , 1990 single work biography
Untitled John McLaren , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 119-121)
— Review of South of Capricornia : Short Stories 1925-1934 Xavier Herbert , 1990 selected work short story ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography ; Capricornia : A Novel Xavier Herbert , 1938 single work novel
Islands of Fact, Oceans of Fiction Neil Mudge , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 6 2000; (p. 118-120)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : A Biography Frances De Groen , 1998 single work biography ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography
Understanding the Progress of Australian Writing Clement Semmler , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 January 1993; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Glass Inferno Angelika Fremd , 1992 single work novel ; Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography ; Fabricating the Self : The Fictions of Jessica Anderson Elaine Barry , 1996 single work criticism
New Paperbacks Robin Lucas , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 1992; (p. 42)
— Review of Xavier Herbert : Episodes from Capricornia, Poor Fellow My Country and Other Fiction, Nonfiction and Letters Xavier Herbert , 1992 selected work short story prose extract correspondence criticism interview biography
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