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Vivian Crockett Vivian Crockett i(A27555 works by) (a.k.a. Charles Vivian Crockett)
Born: Established: 11 Jan 1893 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1973
Gender: Male
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1 5 y separately published work icon Mezzomorto Vivian Crockett , Sydney : P. R. Stephensen , 1934 Z114177 1934 single work novel A novel which narratively presents a series of short tales, these stories form part of 'a psychological experiment, conducted by an Austrian specialist in spiritualism. He constructs romances in which a dissatisfied and repressed Australian married man, nearing middle life, seeks relief from his longing for the world of his ancestors and from the depressing effects of his drab home-life on an Australian station. He is psychologically induced to play imaginatively the roles of the leading characters. Between the stories there are discussions on his emotional reactions. Throughout the work there are reflections on the enjoyment of romances, both real and imaginative, and on the relation between the illusions of experience and the actualities of life.' (Source: Miller, Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935, 1940)
2 1 y separately published work icon Messalina Vivian Crockett , London : Jonathan Cape , 1924 Z499023 1924 single work novel historical fiction Story of the Roman Empress, Messalina, who was the infamous wife of Emperor Claudius.
1 The Dark Companion Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work short story
— Appears in: The Home , (Spring) 1 September vol. 4 no. 3 1923; (p. 28)
1 To Rawlinson's Herodotus Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work prose
— Appears in: The Home , (Autumn) 1 March vol. 4 no. 1 1923; (p. 77)
1 To Amy Lowell : Imagist i "I read a song one morning", Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Home , (Autumn) 1 March vol. 4 no. 1 1923; (p. 36, 77)
1 To an Intrepid Autograph Hunter Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work short story
— Appears in: The Home , (Autumn) 1 March vol. 4 no. 1 1923; (p. 36)
1 To Hodder and Stoughton Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Home , (Autumn) 1 March vol. 4 no. 1 1923; (p. 36)
1 With Apologies Vivian Crockett , 1923 sequence short story poetry prose
— Appears in: The Home , (Autumn) 1 March vol. 4 no. 1 1923; (p. 36, 77)
1 Egyptian i "Now, when October roses blow", Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work poetry
— Appears in: Vision : A Literary Quarterly , August no. 2 1923; (p. 49)
1 Serenade i "White and red and ruddy gold,", Vivian Crockett , 1923 single work poetry
— Appears in: Vision : A Literary Quarterly , May no. 1 1923; (p. 18)
1 The Dissolving World Vivian Crockett , 1922 single work prose
— Appears in: The Home , (Spring) 1 September vol. 3 no. 3 1922; (p. 7)
1 The Menace of Space Vivian Crockett , 1922 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Home , (Winter) 1 June vol. 3 no. 2 1922; (p. 93-94) While drinking at their club, a group of gentlemen take part in a speculative conversation about other life forms. Discussing notions of time and space in relation to the existence of extinct civilisations, Dr Ptolemy Posa informs his companions of the Duodims who inhabited a two-dimensional 'surface world': '"The Duodims," said Posa, "are like the Dodo - they are extinct; but they existed, I know they existed. They inhabited Plateterre, which has followed Atlantis and Lemuria into nothingness."'
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