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  • Author:agent Dorothy Hewett http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hewett-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Toucher
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Josephine Barnes - another novel at last
  • Epigraph: 'You above all, you of the New World, you do have something more than an epic fatality, you do have a mythic chance.' Carlos Fuentes - Myself With Others
  • Sound recording and braille editions available

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1993 .
      Extent: 300p.
      ISBN: 0869142771
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1994 .
      Extent: 300p.
      ISBN: 0869143301 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

A Beach Somewhere : The Australian Littoral Imagination at Play Bruce Bennett , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 31-44)
A remarkable array of late twentieth and early twenty-first century Australian novelists and short story writers have presented images of West Australian beaches and coastlines. These authors include Robert Drewe, Jack Davis, Randolph Stow, Peter Cowan, Dorothy Hewett, and Tim Winton. Their human dramas have a peculiar poignancy when played out against the natural elements of these Western coasts. Sexual, emotional, or spiritual crises occur in maritime settings that both enhance their memorability and reveal humanity's fragile hold on the continent. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
Dorothy Hewett's Faith in Doubt Carmel MacDonald-Grahame , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 49-61)
Uses feminist theories and concepts of the feminine sublime to investigate Dorothy Hewett's writing (particularly her poetry) and her development as a writer, concentrating on the attitudes expressed in her declarations of doubt about self and writing.
Interwoven - Women, Pride and Disability Margaret Cooper , 2000 single work prose
— Appears in: Oyster Grit : Experiences of Women with Disabilities 2000; (p. 129-135)
Jill-of-All-Trades Nicole Moore (interviewer), 1998 single work interview biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 153 1998; (p. 34-41)
Is the Book of the Life a Good Book? : Autobiography in Patrick White, Dorothy Hewett and Beverley Farmer David English , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 57 no. 3 1997; (p. 200-210)
A Comeback of Compassion and Candor Carmel Bird , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 June 1993; (p. 7)

— Review of The Toucher Dorothy Hewett , 1993 single work novel
A Triumph of the Tawdry and the Turgid Peter Pierce , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 June 1993; (p. 47)

— Review of The Toucher Dorothy Hewett , 1993 single work novel
Calm Before the Storm Elaine Lindsay , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 151 1993; (p. 6-7)

— Review of The Toucher Dorothy Hewett , 1993 single work novel
Deep Water Explorer David English , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 June 1993; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of The Toucher Dorothy Hewett , 1993 single work novel
Dorothy Hewett : Vanity and the Fear of Death Susan Geason , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 1993; (p. 128)

— Review of The Toucher Dorothy Hewett , 1993 single work novel
form y separately published work icon Australian Writers [Dorothy Hewett] D. J. O'Hearn (interviewer), 1991 Z1004393 1991 single work film/TV
A Beach Somewhere : The Australian Littoral Imagination at Play Bruce Bennett , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 31-44)
A remarkable array of late twentieth and early twenty-first century Australian novelists and short story writers have presented images of West Australian beaches and coastlines. These authors include Robert Drewe, Jack Davis, Randolph Stow, Peter Cowan, Dorothy Hewett, and Tim Winton. Their human dramas have a peculiar poignancy when played out against the natural elements of these Western coasts. Sexual, emotional, or spiritual crises occur in maritime settings that both enhance their memorability and reveal humanity's fragile hold on the continent. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
Interwoven - Women, Pride and Disability Margaret Cooper , 2000 single work prose
— Appears in: Oyster Grit : Experiences of Women with Disabilities 2000; (p. 129-135)
Jill-of-All-Trades Nicole Moore (interviewer), 1998 single work interview biography
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 153 1998; (p. 34-41)
Dorothy Hewett and the Left John McLaren , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 32-52)
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