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Ronald Blaber Ronald Blaber i(A4700 works by) (a.k.a. Ronald Leslie Blaber; Ron Blaber)
Gender: Male
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1 Static or Grunge Revisited Ronald Blaber , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: ‘Whaddaya Know?’ : Writings for Syd Harrex 2015; (p. 149-167)
1 Whaddaya Know Ronald Blaber , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: ‘Whaddaya Know?’ : Writings for Syd Harrex 2015; (p. 1-6)
1 1 y separately published work icon ‘Whaddaya Know?’ : Writings for Syd Harrex Ronald Blaber (editor), Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2015 8289935 2015 anthology essay autobiography poetry

'In the true sense of the word, Syd Harrex was a pioneer; a pioneer in the field of New Literatures Written in English. A term he prefers because it broadened the categories of Commonwealth, Colonial and Postcolonial literatures in order to gather those writings that, although written in English, have different histories and trajectories.

'Syd took the opportunity offered by the English department at Flinders University to introduce students and colleagues to a whole new world of literature, not necessarily to challenge the existing canon but to rethink questions of representation and its political, social and aesthetic implications. In this regard he inspired and continues to inspire those deeply engaged with all forms of literature.

'This collection of essays, stories, poetry and memoir is an acknowledgement of Syd's enormous influence and a tribute to his critical and creative endeavours. Those who have had the privilege of working with Syd might often marvel at what he has achieved, but perhaps from Syd's perspective achievement can be explained by the simple adage, 'Only Connect'.' (Publication summary)

1 Archive Madness : The Anarchivic Imperative of Peter Mather’s Wort Papers Ronald Blaber , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-9)
'The paper discusses Peter Mathers' The Wort Papers in terms of Derrida work Archive Madness. It examines the way in which the idea of "the anarchivic" can be used to read the novel in relation to the texts resistance to categorisation and it s hybrid construction.' (Author's abstract)
1 Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader Edited by Amit Sarwal and Reema Sarwal Ronald Blaber , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 9 2009;

— Review of Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009 anthology criticism
1 Non-Fiction 2007-2008 Ronald Blaber , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 76-92)

— Review of The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer Paul Barry , 1993 single work biography ; This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography Richard Freadman , 2007 selected work criticism ; John Winston Howard Peter Van Onselen , Wayne Errington , 2007 single work biography ; Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia Maureen Clark , 2007 single work criticism ; A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson Antonio Buti , 2007 single work biography ; Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language John Kinsella , 2008 selected work criticism essay ; Australian Literature : Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism Graham Huggan , 2007 single work criticism ; Power Plays : Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda Hilary Glow , 2007 single work criticism ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Conversations With The Mob 2008 anthology life story ; Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre Gabrielle Wolf , 2008 single work criticism ; Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry Ann Vickery , 2007 selected work criticism
1 Roger Bourke: Prisoners of the Japanese: Literary Imagination and the Prisoner-of War Experience Ronald Blaber , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 144-146)

— Review of Prisoners of the Japanese : Literary Imagination and the Prisoner-of-War Experience Roger Bourke , 2006 single work criticism
1 The Populist Imaginary in David Ireland's The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and The Chosen Ronald Blaber , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 5 2006; (p. 58-71)

Blaber argues that 'in the shift from processes of state-nationalist identities to post-nationalist ones there emerges an opportunity for the re-figuration of a populist imaginary and an associated populist politics. By populist imaginary, I refer to a form of nostalgia, underwritten by processes of reminiscence and anecdote, which creates a sense of the past that imagines a social and political order that at once simplifies and "restores" a way of life based in community or collectivity in the face of the changing understanding of the relationship between the national and the global.'

Blaber concludes, 'the felt presence of the populist imaginary must be understood as indicative of a return to, and a new iteration of, a foundational moment, suggesting that the question of national or collective identity can never be totally settled, and that identity is always a pattern of recurrence.'

1 Case-study : Fremantle Arts Centre Press Ronald Blaber , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006; (p. 76-78)
1 [Review] Prosthetic Gods : Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance Ronald Blaber , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , no. 3 2001; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 70 2001; (p. 114-115)

— Review of Prosthetic Gods : Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance Robert Dixon , 2001 selected work criticism
1 `Apocalepus': `The Year of the Angry Rabbit' and Braddon's View of Australia Ronald Blaber , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 127-132)
1 Australian Travel Writing About Asia in the 20s and 30s Ronald Blaber , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 38 no. 4 1993; (p. 46-57)
1 Dialogic on Imperialism Ronald Blaber , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1992; (p. 31-33)
Review of Timothy Mo The Redundancy of Courage (1991).
1 Untitled Ronald Blaber , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1990; (p. 124-126)

— Review of The Empire Writes Back : Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures Bill Ashcroft , Gareth Griffiths , Helen Tiffin , 1989 single work criticism
1 3 y separately published work icon Roguery : The Picaresque Tradition in Australian, Canadian and Indian Fiction Ronald Blaber , Marvin Gilman , Springwood : Butterfly Books , 1990 Z349867 1990 single work criticism
1 The Insiders Ronald Blaber , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 & 2 1988; (p. 117-120)
Review of Suresh Renjen Bald Novelist and Political Consciousness: Literary Expression of Indian Nationalism 1919-1947 (1982), Ashis Nandy The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism (1983) and Meenakshi Mukherjee Realism and Reality: The Novel and Society in India (1985).
1 y separately published work icon The CRNLE Reviews Journal no. 2 1985 Z767442 1985 periodical issue
1 A-Frayed at the Edges Ronald Blaber , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 32-33)

— Review of A Change for the Better : short stories Peter Mathers , 1984 selected work short story ; Scission Tim Winton , 1985 selected work short story
1 Bush Clearing Ronald Blaber , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 98-99)

— Review of In a Critical Condition : Reading Australian Literature John Docker , 1984 single work criticism
1 Signalling an Ambush Ronald Blaber , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , July no. 1 1983; (p. 8-9)

— Review of Double Agent: David Ireland and His Work Helen Daniel , 1982 single work criticism
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