AustLit
Alternative title:
ABR
Issue Details:
First known date:
1989...
no.
109
April
1989
of
Australian Book Review
est. 1961
Australian Book Review
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Politics of the Not Place, single work criticism (p. 12-14)
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The Defiant Architect,
single work
review
— Review of Hal Porter 1980 selected work novel short story extract poetry interview criticism ; (p. 16-17) - Construction of Feminine Fictions, single work criticism (p. 17-18)
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Progressive Proposals,
single work
review
— Review of Black Words, White Page : Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988 1989 single work criticism ; Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975 1978 single work criticism ; (p. 19-20) -
VIP and Business Class Poetry,
single work
review
— Review of Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989 anthology criticism poetry ;(p. 21-22)'This book set me thinking of its rivals in late years- the glossies from other States with their happy snaps of writers, potted chronicles and modest one of several pages for each to strut the stuff that Plato banished from a State that was ideal. Like Professor Julius Sumner Miller, I asked myself why this should be so.' (Introduction) - Of Animus, Drubbings and Onslaughts, single work column (p. 24-25)
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Sourced in the Body,
single work
review
— Review of Working Hot : A Novel 1989 single work novel ; (p. 26-27) -
How it is with Nice People,
single work
review
— Review of The Hanged Man in the Garden 1989 selected work short story ; (p. 27-28) -
But Play You Must....,
single work
review
— Review of The Blue Guitar 1980 single work novel ; (p. 28-29) - Poetry Making Something Happen, single work column (p. 30-31)
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New Conventions for Old Themes,
single work
review
— Review of The Glass Whittler and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; (p. 32) -
Two Different Uses of Symbolism,
single work
review
— Review of The Velodrome 1988 single work novel ; The Beloved Mountain 1988 single work novel ; (p. 33-34) -
The Pathetic Jogger,
single work
review
— Review of Hitting the Wall : Two Novellas 1989 selected work novella ; Eye of the Bull 1989 single work novel ; The Job 1977 single work novel ; (p. 34-35) -
A Book with Bite,
single work
review
— Review of Catspaw 1988 single work novel ; (p. 36-37) -
Fly Me to the Murder,
single work
review
— Review of Australian Golden Dagger Mysteries 1988 anthology short story ; (p. 37-38) - Questioning the Master Tongue, single work (p. 38-40)
