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Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 The Australian Tradition : Studies in a Colonial Culture
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Cheshire-Lansdowne , 1966 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Craftsmanship of Lawson Henry Lawson as Craftsman, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism
Phillips rejects the view that Lawson's prose lacks technical virtuosity. Phillips argues that Lawson's aim was not to tell a story, but to evoke the quality of Australian living. Lawson's spare narratives, effective understatement and ironic twists within a symmetrical structure produce stories of substantial artistic value.
 (p. 1-16)
Henry Lawson Revisited, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism biography
On the publication of Cecil Mann's edition of Lawson's collected prose, Phillips assesses the best of Lawson's stories and attempts to come to terms with their melancholy tone. He concludes that Lawson combined "his sense of the insecurely triumphant survival of tenderness through endurance" with the rigour of naturalism to produce great works of art. This was achieved because the stories were "formed within the matrix of a defeated man's dark melancholy".
 (p. 17-32)
The Craftsmanship of Furphy The Craftsmanship of Joseph Furphy, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 33-49)
Note: With title: The Craftsmanship of Furphy
The Democratic Theme The Democratic Tradition, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 50-71)
Barbara Baynton's Stories Barbara Baynton and the Dissidence of the Nineties, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 72-82)
The Family Relationship, A. A. Phillips , single work (p. 83-111)
The Cultural Cringe, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 112-117)
The Short Stories of Vance Palmer, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 118-128)
The Australian Romanticism and Stewart's 'Ned Kelly' The Australian Romanticism and Douglas Stewart's 'Ned Kelly' Douglas Stewart's 'Ned Kelly' and Australian Romanticism, A. A. Phillips , single work criticism (p. 129-144)
Note: With title: The Australian Romanticism and Douglas Stewart's 'Ned Kelly'
Dolia Ribush and the Australian Theatre, A. A. Phillips , single work (p. 145-156)
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