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“The Whole Island Is a Jail and We the Warders” : States of Exception in Tasmanian Historical Fiction
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth : Essays and Studies , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 2019;'Looking at two historical romances by women writers, Kathleen Graves’ Exile: A Tale of Old Tasmania (1945) and Isabel Dick’s Wild Orchard (1946), this article seeks to examine narratives of an early nineteenth-century Van Diemen’s Land that are apparently at odds with the 1940s Tasmania it was to become. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s “state of exception” as the theoretical underpinnings for this essay, I read both the nineteenth- and twentieth-century island as a site for the proliferation of bare life whereby the whole of society finds itself defined by its prison-like capacity to strip individuals of their right to life. In telling these stories in which not all lives are equal, it seems that Dick and Graves are attempting to situate their narratives firmly in the past where they cannot contaminate the present, and indeed, future of their island.' (Publication abstract)
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Isabel Dick (1881-1959)
Margaret Giordano
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Don Norman
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1984
single work
biography
— Appears in: Tasmanian Literary Landmarks 1984; (p. 114-118) -
Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , July vol. 1 no. 1 1946; (p. 17, 19)
— Review of The River and Other Stories 1945 selected work short story ; Wild Orchard : A Story of Early Tasmania 1945 single work novel ; Strangers on the Ophir 1945 single work novel ; Poetry no. 18 March 1946 periodical issue ; Men and Manners in Australia : Being a Social and Economic Sketch History 1945 single work ; The Fiddlers of Drummond 1945 single work novel ; Southerly vol. 6 no. 3 1945 periodical issue ; Try Nothing Twice : The Story of Two Dozen Jobs 1946 single work autobiography -
Orchard Blossoms
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 April vol. 67 no. 3453 1946; (p. 2)
— Review of Wild Orchard : A Story of Early Tasmania 1945 single work novel
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Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , July vol. 1 no. 1 1946; (p. 17, 19)
— Review of The River and Other Stories 1945 selected work short story ; Wild Orchard : A Story of Early Tasmania 1945 single work novel ; Strangers on the Ophir 1945 single work novel ; Poetry no. 18 March 1946 periodical issue ; Men and Manners in Australia : Being a Social and Economic Sketch History 1945 single work ; The Fiddlers of Drummond 1945 single work novel ; Southerly vol. 6 no. 3 1945 periodical issue ; Try Nothing Twice : The Story of Two Dozen Jobs 1946 single work autobiography -
Orchard Blossoms
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 April vol. 67 no. 3453 1946; (p. 2)
— Review of Wild Orchard : A Story of Early Tasmania 1945 single work novel -
Isabel Dick (1881-1959)
Margaret Giordano
,
Don Norman
,
1984
single work
biography
— Appears in: Tasmanian Literary Landmarks 1984; (p. 114-118) -
“The Whole Island Is a Jail and We the Warders” : States of Exception in Tasmanian Historical Fiction
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth : Essays and Studies , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 2019;'Looking at two historical romances by women writers, Kathleen Graves’ Exile: A Tale of Old Tasmania (1945) and Isabel Dick’s Wild Orchard (1946), this article seeks to examine narratives of an early nineteenth-century Van Diemen’s Land that are apparently at odds with the 1940s Tasmania it was to become. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s “state of exception” as the theoretical underpinnings for this essay, I read both the nineteenth- and twentieth-century island as a site for the proliferation of bare life whereby the whole of society finds itself defined by its prison-like capacity to strip individuals of their right to life. In telling these stories in which not all lives are equal, it seems that Dick and Graves are attempting to situate their narratives firmly in the past where they cannot contaminate the present, and indeed, future of their island.' (Publication abstract)
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