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Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000
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2007
Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000
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Dedication: To Jack McKinney, philosopher (1891-1966)
who had a way with words
husband to Judith
father to Meredith
father figure to BarbaraTo my mother, Freda Cosgrove
the dearest of friends and a writer of letters
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Editorial Practice and Epistolarity : Silent and Not So Silent
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Script & Print , February vol. 39 no. 1 2015; (p. 5-20) Bryony Crosgrove argues that 'there is a case for both silent and not so silent epistolary editing and that a clear understanding of the intended market for a specific letter collection is crucial to the approach taken.' She further argues that 'both trade and scholarly editors are subject to similar constraints by publishers, and that editors claiming a novel-like structure for a narrative told in the author's voice...' (5) -
Friendship in Letters : The Correspondence of Judith Wright and Barbara Blackman
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , June vol. 8 no. 2 2011; (p. 203217) 'The exchange of letters between the poet Judith Wright and essayist Barbara Blackman extended over 50 years until Wright's death in 2000. It is recorded in a selection of over 300 letters, edited by Bryony Cosgrove, in Portrait of a Friendship (2007). Their correspondence has come to signify their friendship, especially because their circumstances meant that the two women rarely met face to face. The letters are rich with references to the public worlds of art and writing in which they participated (Barbara was married to the eminent painter Charles Blackman), as well as to the domestic terrain that was intensively inhabited by women in the years after the Second World War. Both were cultural activists as well, but while they shared a commitment to the conservation of the natural environment and to Aboriginal culture, Judith threw her energies into political campaigns for conservation and for Aboriginal rights, while Barbara inclined more to Jungian-inspired quietism and educative projects. Their correspondence is unique in that the two creative women were also living with significant physical disabilities: Barbara was blind and Judith deaf. For this reason, their letters prompt reflections on the capacities of certain technologies and social forms of epistolary communication.' Source: The author -
Book Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , September vol. 40 no. 3 2009; (p. 394)
— Review of Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 3 no. 1 2008;
— Review of With Love and Fury : Judith Wright's Letters 2007 single work criticism ; Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Looking Out at the Lights : New Poetry
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 189 2007; (p. 77-79)
— Review of The Passenger 2006 selected work poetry ; Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006 anthology poetry ; The War Sonnets 2006 selected work poetry ; Love in the Place of Rats 2007 selected work poetry ; Jack 2006 single work novel ; Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence ; Not Finding Wittgenstein 2007 selected work poetry
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Love, Fury and Friendship
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 86 no. 7 2007; (p. 32)
— Review of With Love and Fury : Selected Letters of Judith Wright 2006 selected work correspondence ; Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
The Poetic and the Prudent
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 April 2007; (p. 20)
— Review of With Love and Fury : Selected Letters of Judith Wright 2006 selected work correspondence ; Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Postscript to a Journey of Riches
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Grand Dames of Literary Legacy
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 April 2007; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Correspondence Paints the Times
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2007; (p. 11)
— Review of Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence -
Friendship in Letters : The Correspondence of Judith Wright and Barbara Blackman
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , June vol. 8 no. 2 2011; (p. 203217) 'The exchange of letters between the poet Judith Wright and essayist Barbara Blackman extended over 50 years until Wright's death in 2000. It is recorded in a selection of over 300 letters, edited by Bryony Cosgrove, in Portrait of a Friendship (2007). Their correspondence has come to signify their friendship, especially because their circumstances meant that the two women rarely met face to face. The letters are rich with references to the public worlds of art and writing in which they participated (Barbara was married to the eminent painter Charles Blackman), as well as to the domestic terrain that was intensively inhabited by women in the years after the Second World War. Both were cultural activists as well, but while they shared a commitment to the conservation of the natural environment and to Aboriginal culture, Judith threw her energies into political campaigns for conservation and for Aboriginal rights, while Barbara inclined more to Jungian-inspired quietism and educative projects. Their correspondence is unique in that the two creative women were also living with significant physical disabilities: Barbara was blind and Judith deaf. For this reason, their letters prompt reflections on the capacities of certain technologies and social forms of epistolary communication.' Source: The author -
Editorial Practice and Epistolarity : Silent and Not So Silent
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Script & Print , February vol. 39 no. 1 2015; (p. 5-20) Bryony Crosgrove argues that 'there is a case for both silent and not so silent epistolary editing and that a clear understanding of the intended market for a specific letter collection is crucial to the approach taken.' She further argues that 'both trade and scholarly editors are subject to similar constraints by publishers, and that editors claiming a novel-like structure for a narrative told in the author's voice...' (5)
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