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Emma Maguire Emma Maguire i(7917983 works by)
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1 Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a Millennial Fiction That Spans Generations Emma Maguire , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 July 2020;
— Review of Kokomo Victoria Hannan , 2020 single work novel

'Victoria Hannan’s Ko​​​​​​​komo – which won last year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript – is a novel about loss, exile, homecoming, family and, above all, love.'
1 Under the Corn Emma Maguire , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2020;
1 My Inner Fangirl Emma Maguire , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings , no. 26 2016; (p. 72-82) 'Is the rise of the fangirl a recent phenomenon? Do you have to be a girl to appreciate it?' (Publication abstract)
1 Relationships to the Bush in Nan Chauncy’s Early Novels for Children Susan Sheridan , Emma Maguire , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'In the 1950s, bush settings were strong favourites for children’s novels, which often took the form of a generic mix of adventure story and bildungsroman, novel of individual development. In using bush settings to take up the environmental concerns of the period, the early novels of Wrightson and Chauncy added a new dimension to traditional settler images of rural life as central to Australian national identity. The bush is loved for its beauty and revered as a source of knowledge and character building, rather than being represented as an antagonist which must be overcome or domesticated. In this respect, Chauncy in particular anticipates later ecological concerns in writing for children.' (Publication abstract)
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