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Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
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Charles Conder
Fans and Fancy Dress,
single work
review
— Review of Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian 2002 single work biography ; (p. 3-4) -
A Cover for Voss,
single work
review
— Review of Patrick White, Painter Manque : Paintings, Painters and Their Influence on His Work 2002 single work criticism ; (p. 4) -
Misanthropist, Misogynist, 'Mouse' to His Mother,
single work
review
— Review of Xavier Herbert : Letters 2002 selected work correspondence ; (p. 5) -
Hunters of Australia,
single work
review
— Review of Black Sheep : Journey to Borroloola 2002 single work prose ; In Denial : The Stolen Generations and the Right 2001 single work criticism ; Looking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place 2002 single work non-fiction ; Freedom Ride : A Freedom Rider Remembers 2002 single work autobiography ; (p. 6-7) -
Moonee Pond Life,
single work
review
— Review of My Life As Me : A Memoir 2002 single work autobiography ; (p. 7) -
Australian Books in Brief,
single work
review
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2002 2002 anthology short story ;'Peter Craven’s third annual anthology of “best” Australian stories contains a mixture of twenty-four stand-alone stories and extracts from longer works-in-progress. It is clear that the purpose-built short fiction better exemplifies the skills of crafty concision. The book signals a welcome revival of aspects of the Lawson-Furphy tradition of masculine folk narrative adapted for the postmodern metropolis. Jack Hibberd’s “Christ Stopped at Echuca” takes the tall tale on extravagant parodic flights but is rather too long. Brian Matthews jousts with versions of traditional Australian masculinity in the setting of a university tutorial. The grafting of literary sophistication onto masculine oral culture takes a witty turn also in Gerald Murnane’s mannered tale of a creative-writing teacher’s recognition that his assessment methods are derived from those used in horse racing.' (Introduction)
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Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Seven Versions of an Australian Badland 2002 single work prose ; (p. 31)