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Rosemary Foxton Rosemary Foxton i(A26422 works by) (a.k.a. Margaret Rosemary Foxton)
Writing name for: Rosemary Campbell
Gender: Female
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5 14 The Silent Sea Mrs. Alick Macleod , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 1995 1892 single work novel
1 The Silent Sea [1995] : Introduction Rosemary Foxton , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Silent Sea 1995; (p. xv-xli)
The author notes the sigificance of The Silent Sea as a record of SA in the late nineteenth century, relating it to Catherine Martin's life and her experience of the Waukaringa mines. She gives an account of the publication and reception of the novel and compares the texts of the three 1892 versions.
1 Reading Australia : Landscapes of Faith and Doubt in the Nineteenth Century Rosemary Foxton , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Identifying Australia in Postmodern Times 1994; (p. 115-130)
Foxton notes the European settler's dualistic response to the Australian landscape, seeing it as Edenic especially when cultivated, but also as alien and Infernal. She explores Catherine Martin's use of landscape as a dramatic metaphor through which to work out the themes of religious faith and doubt.
1 'Another Fresh Australian Tale': The American Publication of Catherine Martin's The Silent Sea Rosemary Foxton , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 15 no. 4 1992; (p. 351-354)
1 Skating on Rosamond's Pond i "The ice is very thin today.", Rosemary Foxton , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Muse , October no. 113 1992; (p. 22)
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