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Emily Sutherland Emily Sutherland i(A22150 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 ;
Gender: Female
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1 The Province of History Is a Debatable Country Emily Sutherland , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 23 no. 1 2019;
— Review of Falling Backwards : Australian Historical Fiction and The History Wars Jo Jones , 2018 multi chapter work criticism

'The vexed question of what distinguishes historical novels from other genres has yet to be resolved. From the time of Homer, and looking forward to the more complex treatment of history by postmodern and post-postmodern novels, many definitions have been offered. None has completely satisfied. When the history in question is a significant event such as the Holocaust or, in the case of Falling Backwards: Australian Historical Fiction and the History Wars, ‘cultural and political significance … of the period known as the History Wars’ (3), then wider considerations come into force. In tackling this topic Jo Jones raises many questions and refrains from answering all of them. This is an excellent thing in an academic text.' (Introduction)
1 [Review] Susan Errington, Ice Letters Emily Sutherland , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016;
— Review of Ice Letters Susan Errington , 2016 single work novel
1 Book Review : Passion Play Emily Sutherland , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 6 no. 2 2014;
— Review of Passion Play : The Oberammergau Tales Valerie Volk , 2013 single work novel
1 Book Review : As I Was Saying Emily Sutherland , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 6 no. 2 2014;
— Review of As I Was Saying Robert Dessaix , 2012 selected work essay autobiography prose
1 [Untitled] Emily Sutherland , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
— Review of Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry Toby Davidson , 2013 multi chapter work criticism
1 [Untitled] Emily Sutherland , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
— Review of Fairyland : A Novel Sumner Locke Elliott , 1990 single work novel
1 [Untitled] Emily Sutherland , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
— Review of The First Week Margaret Merrilees , 2013 single work novel
1 Fresh Pastures Emily Sutherland , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 5 no. 1 2012;
1 Untitled Emily Sutherland , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 4 no. 2 2012;
— Review of What Remains Denise Leith , 2012 single work novel
1 Telling All Emily Sutherland , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 16 no. 1 2012;
— Review of All Along the Watchtower : Memoir of a Sixties Revolutionary Michael Hyde , 2010 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Integrity and Historical Research Tony Gibbons (editor), Emily Sutherland (editor), New York (City) : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2011 Z1862783 2011 anthology criticism 'There have been serious debates between historians, novelists and filmmakers as to how best present historical narratives. When writers and filmmakers talk of using historical research with integrity, what exactly do they mean? Integrity and Historical Research examines this question in detail. The first chapter discusses the concept of integrity. The chapters that follow reflect on this philosophical treatment in the light of fiction and film that deals with history in a number of ways. How should writers and filmmakers use lives? Can, and may, people who are now dead and who may have lived long ago, be defamed?

The authors include academics, historians, social historians, medievalists, oral historians, literary theorists, historical novelists and script writers. They examine the theoretical influences and practical choices that involve and concern writers and filmmakers who rely on historical research. The desire to be accurate may often conflict with the need to produce a work that goes beyond the mere depiction of events in order to excite the interest of readers and to hold that interest. At the same time there is a developing emphasis on historians, to write well in clear, accessible prose, which may involve using the novelists' techniques. How much license may be given to writers of fiction and filmmakers in their depiction of historical characters and events? This book begins to answer this question, while inviting further discussion.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Paraclete Conundrum Emily Sutherland , Australia : FeedARead Publishing , 2010 6653082 2010 single work novel historical fiction

'In 1149, three women contemporaries meet in an abbey near Paris. The women are: Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete after her tragic love affaire with Abelard; Hildegard of Bingen, mystic, musician; and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France, soon to be Queen on England . They have learned that Bernard of Clairvaux threatens their freedom. How can they counter the threat? They argue, plot and scheme. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Untitled Emily Sutherland , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 2 no. 1 2009;
— Review of How to Write History That People Want to Read Ann Curthoys , Ann McGrath , 2009 single work criticism ; Writing Histories: Imagination and Narration 2000 anthology criticism
1 Historical Fiction and History : Members of the Same Family Emily Sutherland , Tony Gibbons , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 13 no. 2 2009; Historians and the writers of historical fiction appear constantly at odds with each other. It would be more fitting if the way in which they complement each other was given due recognition. Historians seek to produce an interpretative account of the past bounded by a strict adherence to certain types of source material. This necessarily places a limitation on what they might write about the past. Writers of historical fiction, while using and doing justice to historical research, are not subject to the same limitations. They have more licence to use imaginative narrative to complement and extend the historical account. It must be recognised, however, that both disciplines are dealing with the human condition. As a result historians make use not only of primary sources, but also of imaginative writing from the era that they are studying. Writers of historical fiction, in turn, make use of the perceptive accounts of historians. Fundamentally, the limits placed on both disciplines are those derived from rationality. While members of the same rational family, they may have a different view of what counts as reasonable and this is not a cause for concern or contumely.
1 Historical Lives in Fiction, Characters in Fiction: Are they the Same People? Emily Sutherland , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 11 no. 1 2007; 'There is a strong relationship between history and fiction. The characters created by writers, either in historical novels and literary fiction, reflect that relationship. Many of the characteristics of fictional characters can also be ascribed to characters depicted in historical fiction and biographical writing.' (Author's abstract.)
1 One False Move Emily Sutherland , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: Party Walls : An Anthology from the Wirra Wirra Vineyards Short Story Competition 2003 for South Australian Writers. 2003; (p. 156-164)
1 y separately published work icon Harry's Tree : The Deflowering of the Australian Republic Deflowering of the Australian Republic Emily Sutherland , Melbourne : Ryan Publishing , 2000 Z872353 2000 single work novel
1 Asylum Seeker Emily Sutherland , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Red Cat Country : Stories 1998; (p. 72-77)
1 y separately published work icon Sisters Emily Sutherland , Adelaide : Openbook Publishers , 1994 Z562080 1994 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Women of the Camp Emily Sutherland , Largs Bay : Landin Press , 1993 Z1883950 1993 single work biography
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