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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... vol. 8 no. 4 October 1978 of Australian Literary Studies est. 1963 Australian Literary Studies
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Film Script of 'Voss', David Mercer , Rodney Wetherell (interviewer), single work interview (p. 395-401)
Patrick White's "A Fringe of Leaves" : History and Fiction, Jill Ward , single work criticism (p. 402-418)
The 'Literary Photographs' of Henry Lawson, Peter Quartermaine , single work criticism (p. 419-434)
Charles Harpur's 'Midsummer Noon' : A Structuralist Approach, Noel Macainsh , single work criticism
Macainsh offers a paradigmatic analysis of the poem to show a "clarity of structure" not detected by other critics. The "element of space" suggested by the title "is essentially that of a vertical dimension penetrating a horizontal". The elements of the poem all fit in relation to these axes, forming a cone shape. The poem then "moves" along these two axes as the reader proceeds from the first line to the last.
 (p. 435-445)
Charles Harpur's Reputation 1853-1858 : The Years of Controversy, Vijay C. Mishra , single work criticism
Examines a dramatic change in the literary reputation of Charles Harpur and the responses to his work between 1853 and 1858, by which time he had become the centre of one of the major literary controversies of the period.
 (p. 446-456)
The Poetic Narrative of R.D. FitzGerald's 'Between Two Tides', Ross Mezger , single work criticism (p. 457-470)
Recoil from Disorder : David Ireland's `The Chantic Bird', Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 471-484)
'What Has He Done For Our National Spirit?' - A Note On Lawson Criticism, John Barnes , single work criticism (p. 485-491)
The Palmer Abridgement of 'Such is Life', David Robert Walker , single work criticism (p. 491-498)
Xavier Herbert : A Checklist, Marianne Ehrhardt , Lurline Stuart , single work bibliography (p. 499-511)
Untitled, Helen Tiffin , single work review
— Review of Commonwealth Literature William Walsh , 1973 single work criticism ; Literatures of the World in English 1974 anthology criticism ; Among Worlds : An Introduction to Modern Commonwealth and South African Fiction William H. New , 1975 single work criticism ; The Commonwealth Writer Overseas : Themes of Exile and Expatriation 1976 anthology criticism ; (p. 512-517)
Untitled, Adrian Mitchell , single work review
— Review of Bards, Bohemians, and Bookmen : Essays in Australian Literature 1976 anthology criticism ; Letters of Vance and Nettie Palmer 1915-1963 Nettie Palmer , Vance Palmer , 1977 selected work correspondence ; A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930 Paul Depasquale , 1978 multi chapter work criticism ; (p. 517-520)
Untitled, Laurie Hergenhan , single work review
— Review of Marcus Clarke Michael Wilding , 1977 single work criticism ; Price Warung (William Astley) Barry Geoffrey Andrews , 1976 single work criticism biography ; (p. 521-524)
[Review] Dream and Disillusion : A Search for Australian Cultural Identity, V. Smith , single work review
— Review of Dream and Disillusion : A Search for Australian Cultural Identity David Robert Walker , 1976 single work criticism ; Henry Kendall W. H. Wilde , 1976 single work criticism ; (p. 524-527)
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