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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Randolph Stow : Critical Essays
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'Randolph Stow (1935–2010) was a writer who resisted critical containment. His complete oeuvre of eight novels, a children’s novella, a libretto, translation work and several collections of poetry presents an accomplished and impressive literary legacy.

Kate Rendell said:

'“Commencing this project with the simple ambition to present a critical collection responding to the full breadth of Randolph Stow’s work, I extended an invitation to literary scholars and critics whose work I knew addressed his writing. The responses were encouraging and generous, confirming the wide reach of interest in Stow’s life and literature. It reminded me that while not as comprehensively studied as some of his contemporaries, Stow continues to enjoy the support of broad public and academic readership.”

'The collection republishes a number of significant essays but also presents new readings acknowledging the remarkable skill as well as the limitations of Stow’s literary imagining. All are a testimony to the resonance of Stow’s writing while acknowledging the critical complexities of his work.' (Publication summary)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Truth Telling and the Art of Listening : To the Islands, Klaus Neumann , single work essay (p. 77-94)

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Works about this Work

Beyond Platitudes : Contemporary Resonances in Randolph Stow’s Oeuvre Brenda Walker , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 431 2021; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Randolph Stow : Critical Essays 2021 anthology criticism

'‘Land isn’t always meant to be grasped any more than art is, or dust,’ writes Michael Farrell in the arresting opening sentence of the first essay of Kate Leah Rendell’s Randolph Stow: Critical essays. Stow’s writing shows just how provisional meaning and territoriality can be, and the statement is a fitting beginning to a new book about his work.' (Introduction)

Beyond Platitudes : Contemporary Resonances in Randolph Stow’s Oeuvre Brenda Walker , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 431 2021; (p. 46-47)

— Review of Randolph Stow : Critical Essays 2021 anthology criticism

'‘Land isn’t always meant to be grasped any more than art is, or dust,’ writes Michael Farrell in the arresting opening sentence of the first essay of Kate Leah Rendell’s Randolph Stow: Critical essays. Stow’s writing shows just how provisional meaning and territoriality can be, and the statement is a fitting beginning to a new book about his work.' (Introduction)

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