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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,:Transit Lounge , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Unfortunate Affairs, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 1-11)
Jack and George : Who Owns a Life?, Chester Eagle , single work criticism

'A discussion of George Johnston's My Brother Jack in the light of two interviews with Jack and Pat Johnston on 29/7/1980 and 20/8/1980.' (Author's note.)

(Note: These interview tapes are held by the National Library of Australia; an abbreviated version of the interviews appears in Helix (1982).)

 (p. 12-29)
Habe Dank!, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
A survey of Helen Garner's 'first phase'.
 (p. 30-43)
Judith Wright : The Basis of Our Nation?, Helen Garner , single work criticism (p. 44-59)
Most Theatrical When Most Personal, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 60-79)
Private Manning and Private Bourne : Her Privates We, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 80-95)
The Teller of Tales Presents The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 98-117)
Keeping It in the Family; One Way To Interpret the Past, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 118-133)
The Un-Loving of Coonardoo, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'A white woman's version of a black woman's life'. (Author's note.)
 (p. 136-158)
Sally Morgan's My Place, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'An Indian discovers she's Aboriginal; the struggle to find a way back.' (Author's note.)
 (p. 159-172)
Where Certainty Lies : His Father's World, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'Some thoughts about the values inherent in Alan Marshall's writing.' (Author's note.)
 (p. 177-197)
A Broth of Gems; the Sky without Mother, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'Some thoughts about the way Hal Porter makes his readers complicit inwhat happens inside the writer's mind.' (Author's note.)
 (p. 198-214)
The Eye of the Storm : But What Is the Storm?, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 215-230)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow : Sydney Burns, and a Future Is Revealed, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 235-250)
A Ring That's Lost; Is There Something Better?, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'Patrick White's management of plot in A Fringe of Leaves.' (Author's note.)
 (p. 251-268)
Story and the Effacement of Story : Beverley Farmer's The Bone House, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 273-292)
What Tree Is That? : Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'A man with no name snatches the prize from Mr Cave in a book of endless deception: is there anything we can take as certain?' (Author's note.)
 (p. 295-313)
A Desert Song, or Is It? : Voss by Patrick White, Chester Eagle , single work criticism
'The interior as a state of mind: something of a shame, really.' (Author's note.)
 (p. 314-332)
Possession, Dispossession, What about Re-Possession?, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 333-351)
Singing the Country : A First Look at Carpentaria by Alexis Wright, Chester Eagle , single work criticism (p. 352-368)
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