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Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
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Notes

  • A companion volume to Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition (ed. Douglas Stewart).
  • Includes an Introduction by Beatrice Davis and brief biographical notes on the authors.
  • ' The Moderns attempts to show in what new or different directions the short story in Australia has developed since 1940 or thereabouts.' - from editor's Introduction.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Because of the Ruzilla Because of the Rusilla, Mena Abdullah , Ray Mathew , single work short story (p. 1-8)
Forgive Us Our Trespass, James Aldridge , single work short story war literature (p. 9-15)
The Rector's Wife Tempts the Bishop with a Brew of Nyppe, Ethel Anderson , single work short story humour (p. 16-32)
The Persimmon Tree, Marjorie Barnard , single work short story (p. 33-36)
Come on, Billy, David Campbell , single work short story (p. 37-42)
That Day at the Brown Lakes, Gavin Casey , single work short story (p. 43-48)
The Schomberg Rock The Pilgrimage Year, D. E. Charlwood , single work short story (p. 49-60)
The Tractor, Peter Cowan , single work short story (p. 61-74)
The Wowser, Thelma Forshaw , single work short story humour (p. 74-83)
The Cost of Things, Elizabeth Harrower , single work short story (p. 84-97)
In One's Own House, Shirley Hazzard , single work short story (p. 98-112)
The Corvidae, Alwyn Lee , single work short story satire humour (p. 113-125)
The Pelican, Cecil Mann , single work short story (p. 126-132)
Trees Can Speak, Alan Marshall , single work short story (p. 133-137)
A Real Lie, Ray Mathew , single work short story (p. 138-153)
Burning Off, Helen Meggs , single work short story (p. 154-161)
Goyai, John Morrison , single work short story (p. 162-170)
Francis Silver, Hal Porter , single work short story (p. 171-181)
Clara, Roland Robinson , single work short story (p. 182-190)
A Schoolie and a Ghost, David Rowbotham , single work short story (p. 191-200)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns Michael Wilding , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: Year Book of World Affairs , vol. 23 no. 1969; (p. 332-333)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns T. J. B. Spencer , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: Year Book of World Affairs , vol. 23 no. 1969; (p. 332-333)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia Elizabeth Harrower , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 31 no. 4 1969; (p. 479-485)
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns [and] Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition Leon Cantrell , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Left Review , no. 2 1968; (p. 40-45)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story ; Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition 1967 anthology short story
Lawson and the Short Story of Australia, J. Barnes , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July no. 2 1968; (p. 83-87)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns Maurice Dunlevy , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 January 1968; (p. 11)

— Review of On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967 anthology poetry short story extract criticism biography ; Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
A Credibility Gap in Australia's Short Stories Frank Roberts , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 October vol. 89 no. 4573 1967; (p. 73-74)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns Allan Ashbolt , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 November 1967; (p. 19)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns F. H. , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 November 1967; (p. 16)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns [and] Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition Neil Jillett , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 November 1967; (p. 23)

— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story ; Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition 1967 anthology short story
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1968 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 30 no. 4 1968; (p. 478-485)
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia Elizabeth Harrower , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 31 no. 4 1969; (p. 479-485)
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