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Reviews Stead's novels as inheritors of the tradition of Roman satire, arguing that Stead's satirical fiction presents a contemporary view of her own historical period from 1930 until the Cold War. Drawing on Stead's notes, diaries and manuscripts, Pender examines several of Stead's novels and her English short stories and puts forward an argument about the centrality of satire to Stead's discourse about culture and history. She also draws attention to the intellectual rigour and encyclopaedic breadth and vision evident in Stead's fiction and demonstrates Stead's significant contribution to the radical novel in the twentieth century.
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The Awkward Provocations of Christina Stead
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 69-70)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism -
Stead's Satire of the West in Decline
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 173 2003; (p. 94-95)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 2 no. 2003; (p. 190-193)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism ; The Enigmatic Christina Stead : A Provocative Re-Reading 2001 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 124-127)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism ; The Enigmatic Christina Stead : A Provocative Re-Reading 2001 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 18 no. 40 2003; (p. 108-110)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism
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[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , January no. 12 2003;
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , March vol. 18 no. 40 2003; (p. 108-110)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 124-127)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism ; The Enigmatic Christina Stead : A Provocative Re-Reading 2001 single work criticism -
[Review] Christina Stead : Satirist
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 2 no. 2003; (p. 190-193)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism ; The Enigmatic Christina Stead : A Provocative Re-Reading 2001 single work criticism -
Stead's Satire of the West in Decline
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 173 2003; (p. 94-95)
— Review of Christina Stead : Satirist 2002 single work criticism
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Subjects:
- The Beauties and Furies 1936 single work novel
- I'm Dying Laughing : The Humourist 1986 single work novel
- Dark Places of the Heart 1966 single work novel
- The People with the Dogs 1952 single work novel
- A Little Tea, a Little Chat 1948 single work novel
- Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife) 1976 single work novel
- Letty Fox, Her Luck 1946 single work novel
- House of All Nations 1938 single work novel
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