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1 1 Whodunit? : Literary Forensics and the Crime Writing of James Skipp Borlase and Mary Fortune Lucy Sussex , John F. Burrows , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , Second Quarter vol. 21 no. 2 1997; (p. 73-106) This article comprises two sections - I. The State of the Case, by Lucy Sussex, and II. The Pattern of Internal Evidence, by John Burrows. Part I discusses the historical and bibliographical evidence of authorship of the two crime series, 'Memoirs of an Australian Police Officer' and 'Adventures of an Australian Mounted Trooper', first published in The Australian Journal in the 1860s. Part II reports on a computer analysis of selected stories from these series and puts forward evidence relating to the authorship of these stories by Mary Fortune, possible collaboration between Fortune and James Skipp Borlase, and alleged plagiarism by Borlase. The analysis of results is accompanied by detailed tables and graphs.
1 Fossicking About the Territory : Testing for Specimens of an Australian Narrative Dialect John F. Burrows , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reconnoitres : Essays in Australian Literature in Honour of G. A. Wilkes 1992; (p. 36-53, 241-250)
1 Untitled John F. Burrows , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Yearbook of English Studies , vol. 12 no. 1982; (p. 361-362)
— Review of The Eye in the Mandala: Patrick White, a Vision of Man and God Peter Beatson , 1976 single work criticism
1 Untitled John F. Burrows , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Modern Language Review , vol. 76 no. 1981; (p. 952-953)
— Review of Fiction and the Great Depression : Australia and New Zealand 1930-1950 Ian Reid , 1979 single work criticism
1 Two Biscuits and a Wedge of Cheese John F. Burrows , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 41 no. 3 1981; (p. 358-362)
— Review of The Oxford History of Australian Literature 1981 anthology criticism bibliography
1 Solid, with the Odd Crack or Two John F. Burrows , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , May no. 1 1979; (p. 14-16)
1 [Review] Patrick White as Playwright John F. Burrows , 1975 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 7 no. 1 1975; (p. 105-107)
— Review of Patrick White as Playwright J. R. Dyce , 1974 single work criticism
1 More of Neilson's Fugitives Ruth Harrison , John F. Burrows , 1975 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 35 no. 3 1975; (p. 276-293)
1 His Natural Life and the Capacities of Melodrama John F. Burrows , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 34 no. 3 1974; (p. 280-301) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 7) Burrows looks at His Natural Life as a melodramatic vision that derived from English and French fiction and seeks to describe what makes good melodrama. The audience and their recognition of conventions supplied by the author are very important, but Burrows argues that "when the susurrus of the pathetic fallacy is shut out of mind" there remains echoes of Romanticism and the sublime. Despite the narrative instability caused by Clarke's occasional use of antithetical figures (which challenges readers' conventional views), Rufus Dawes' fate stabilizes his character as a hero of melodrama.
1 A Revised Neilson? John F. Burrows , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 34 no. 1 1974; (p. 98-101)
— Review of The Poems of Shaw Neilson John Shaw Neilson , 1965 selected work poetry
1 A Gathering of Fugitives : An Account of Some Neilson Manuscripts Ruth Harrison , John F. Burrows , Cliff Hanna , 1973 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 33 no. 3 1973; (p. 313-322)
1 Shaw Neilson's Originality John F. Burrows , 1972 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 32 no. 2 1972; (p. 118-144) Burrows traces the development of John Shaw Neilson's poetry and challenges A. R. Chisholm's argument that an editor need not present the poems chronologically. After demonstrating the variation from manuscript versions caused by editorial intervention, Burrows calls for a more complete edition of John Shaw Neilson's poetry (in chronological order) to support further analysis.
1 Rosemary Dobson's Sense of the Past John F. Burrows , 1970 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 3 1970; (p. 163-176)
1 Stan Parker's Tree of Man John F. Burrows , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 29 no. 4 1969; (p. 257-279)
1 "Voss" and the Explorers John F. Burrows , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aumla , November no. 26 1966; (p. 234-240)
1 Patrick White's Four Plays John F. Burrows , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , June vol. 2 no. 3 1966; (p. 155-170)
1 Jardin Exotique: The Central Phase of "The Aunt's Story" John F. Burrows , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 3 1966; (p. 152-173) Ten Essays on Patrick White 1970; (p. 85-108)
1 Archetypes and Stereotypes: "Riders in the Chariot" John F. Burrows , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 25 no. 1 1965; (p. 46-68) Ten Essays on Patrick White 1970; (p. 47-71)
1 The Short Stories of Patrick White John F. Burrows , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 2 1964; (p. 116-125)
1 Chalk and Cheese John F. Burrows , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 23 no. 4 1963; (p. 276-280)
— Review of The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner , 1962 single work novel ; The Well Dressed Explorer Thea Astley , 1962 single work novel
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