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y separately published work icon A Power of Roses single work   novel  
Is part of Horwitz Australian Library 1959 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 A Power of Roses
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Pan ,
      1958 .
      Extent: 223p.
      Reprinted: 1962
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Horwitz , 1967 .
      Extent: 217p.
      Edition info: 2nd ed.
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1978 .
      Extent: 285p.
      ISBN: 0140049657 (pbk.)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1993 .
      Extent: 285p.
      ISBN: 0140176020 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Het huis genaamd Jeruzalem : roman
Language: Dutch

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Works about this Work

The Sydney Harbour Bridge : From Modernity to Post-Modernity in Australian Fiction Paul Genoni , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012;
'This paper considers a recent spate of novels that deal in various ways with the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. These include Peter Corris's Wet Graves; Alex Miller's Conditions of Faith; Vicki Hastrich's ; and Sarah Hay's The Body in the Clouds. It is argued that these novels, written so long after the bridge's completion, are each grappling with the transformation of this icon of Australian modernism into the significant component in the nation's foremost experience of postmodern urban space - Circular Quay.' (Author's abstract)
y separately published work icon Literary Migrations : White, English-Speaking Migrant Writers in Australia Ingeborg van Teeseling , Wollongong : 2011 Z1860612 2011 single work thesis 'In this thesis, I am arguing that [a] false core/periphery binary has made a particular group of migrants ,-those who are white and have migrated from English-speaking countries - invisible - invisible as migrants, that is. For the writers within this group, this leads to a critical blindness in relation to their work and place within Australian national literature. As a critic, however, I look at the work of Ruth Park, Alex Miller and John Mateer and see it is profoundly influenced by their migrant experience. More often than not they write about themes that are typical of migrant writing: alienation, identity, belonging, home, being in-between cultures, history. For a more appropriate, complete appreciation of their work, this thesis argues that it is imperative to go back to the beginning and return the 'default setting' of migrant to its literal meaning.' [From the author's abstract]
Short Views Arthur Ashworth , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 4 1955; (p. 221-223)

— Review of The Unbending Judah Waten , 1954 single work novel ; The Five Bright Stars Eric Lambert , 1954 single work novel ; The Witch's Thorn Ruth Park , 1951 single work novel ; A Power of Roses Ruth Park , 1953 single work novel
Untitled 1953 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 August vol. 74 no. 3834 1953; (p. 2)

— Review of A Power of Roses Ruth Park , 1953 single work novel
Short Views Arthur Ashworth , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 4 1955; (p. 221-223)

— Review of The Unbending Judah Waten , 1954 single work novel ; The Five Bright Stars Eric Lambert , 1954 single work novel ; The Witch's Thorn Ruth Park , 1951 single work novel ; A Power of Roses Ruth Park , 1953 single work novel
Untitled 1953 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 August vol. 74 no. 3834 1953; (p. 2)

— Review of A Power of Roses Ruth Park , 1953 single work novel
y separately published work icon Literary Migrations : White, English-Speaking Migrant Writers in Australia Ingeborg van Teeseling , Wollongong : 2011 Z1860612 2011 single work thesis 'In this thesis, I am arguing that [a] false core/periphery binary has made a particular group of migrants ,-those who are white and have migrated from English-speaking countries - invisible - invisible as migrants, that is. For the writers within this group, this leads to a critical blindness in relation to their work and place within Australian national literature. As a critic, however, I look at the work of Ruth Park, Alex Miller and John Mateer and see it is profoundly influenced by their migrant experience. More often than not they write about themes that are typical of migrant writing: alienation, identity, belonging, home, being in-between cultures, history. For a more appropriate, complete appreciation of their work, this thesis argues that it is imperative to go back to the beginning and return the 'default setting' of migrant to its literal meaning.' [From the author's abstract]
The Sydney Harbour Bridge : From Modernity to Post-Modernity in Australian Fiction Paul Genoni , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012;
'This paper considers a recent spate of novels that deal in various ways with the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. These include Peter Corris's Wet Graves; Alex Miller's Conditions of Faith; Vicki Hastrich's ; and Sarah Hay's The Body in the Clouds. It is argued that these novels, written so long after the bridge's completion, are each grappling with the transformation of this icon of Australian modernism into the significant component in the nation's foremost experience of postmodern urban space - Circular Quay.' (Author's abstract)
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