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'Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The Timeless Land. Her life spanned successive global crises - two world wars, the economic depression of the 1930s, the Cold War - each issuing its own challenges to the artist and the people's writer she thought herself to be. By far the most privileged writer of her generation, her ultimate challenge was a personal one: to unlock the gates of her world-proof life to a society and a world in crisis. The first cross-cultural biography of this famous Australian writer, Marivic Wyndham's rich and controversial portrait of Eleanor Dark is based on extensive research of the author's public and private lives. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Jessica
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Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , March vol. 40 no. 1 2009; (p. 127-128)
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
Eleanor Dark and 'the Artist'
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 20 no. 1 2008;
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
Love's Labour Lost
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 44-45)
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 June 2008; (p. 35)
— Review of Boycott: The Story Behind Australia's Controversial Involvement in the 1980 Moscow Olympics 2008 single work autobiography ; 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography
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In Short : Non-Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 June 2008; (p. 35)
— Review of Boycott: The Story Behind Australia's Controversial Involvement in the 1980 Moscow Olympics 2008 single work autobiography ; 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
Love's Labour Lost
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 44-45)
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
Eleanor Dark and 'the Artist'
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 20 no. 1 2008;
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , March vol. 40 no. 1 2009; (p. 127-128)
— Review of 'A World-Proof Life' : Eleanor Dark, a Writer in Her Times, 1901-1985 1995 single work biography