AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 4033071545122842148.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
y separately published work icon The Best Australian Essays 2014 anthology   criticism   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Best Australian Essays 2014
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Robert Manne , single work essay
'This is the second innings of my invitation to edit The Best Australian Essays. By now I have a clearer view of the task...'
 (p. ix-xi)
The Percheron, Moreno Giovannoni , single work short story (p. 1-6)
The Little Prince, and Other Vehicles, Rozanna Lilley , single work essay
'My first car was an apple-green Ford Escort. At Least, that's what I like to say...'
 (p. 7-17)
Waltzing the Jaguar, Caroline Baum , single work biography (p. 18-32)
A Rolf in Sheep's Clothing, Peter Conrad , single work essay (p. 33-46)
The Breaking Point, Jessie Cole , single work autobiography (p. 47-56)
The Medicine, Karen Hitchcock , single work essay
'It's months before the world will hold its collective breath because a handful of congressmen don't want the United States to provide health insurance...'
 (p. 57-66)
Wolf Like Me, Antonia Hayes , single work autobiography (p. 67-73)
Sex and Cancer : a History in Three Parts, Luke Ryan , single work essay (p. 74-81)
Dreams of Her Real Self, Helen Garner , single work autobiography (p. 82-94)
The Old Australia? Oratava Avenue, 1940, Sybille Smith , single work essay (p. 95-108)
The Unremembered Six, Christian Ryan , single work essay (p. 109-117)
Doveton, Dennis Glover , single work essay (p. 118-123)
My Fellow Australians, Don Watson , single work criticism (p. 124-127)
Men of a Certain Age, Rachel Nolan , single work essay (p. 128-139)
Freedom Abbott, David Marr , single work essay (p. 140-154)
The Last Instructions of Patrick White, J. M. Coetzee , single work essay (p. 155-165)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Nicolas Rothwell , single work criticism (p. 166-174)
Oh Walt, You're a Leaky Vessel, David Malouf , single work criticism (p. 174-189)
Poems of a Lifetime, Clive James , single work essay
'Clive James on Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and lessons in the “shutting up” of poetry'
 (p. 190-197)
X