Born: Established: 26 Mar 1954 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Dec 2008 Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2012 (Semester 1) |
y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Literature | University of New South Wales | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Texts: International Contexts | University of Sydney | 2010 (Semester 1) |
y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Texts: International Contexts | University of Sydney | 2008 (Semester 1) |
y
Akhenaten
Dorothy Porter
,
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1992
Z248289
1992
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in Egyptian history – archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. 'Like Albert Camus celebrated Caligula, Dorothy Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an heretical religion around one Sun God, with himself at the centre. 'Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.' Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.) |
Australian Texts: International Contexts | University of Sydney | 2009 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2013 (Semester 2) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2009 |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Contemporary Australian Writing | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Reading Australian Writing | University of Melbourne | 2009 |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Critical Issues in Literature | University of Queensland | 2009 (Semester 1) |
y
El Dorado
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2007
Z1362160
2007
single work
novel
crime
detective
thriller
(taught in 10 units)
'There is a serial killer stalking the streets of Melbourne. The victims are killed gently, lovingly, a gold mark traced on their forehead. This killer doesn't hate children. This killer believes in childhood innocence at any cost...El Dorado is the story of a friendship under siege, and the very long shadows that jealousy and betrayal can cast.' - back cover |
Critical Issues in Literature: Gender and Writing | University of Queensland | 2010 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y On Passion Dorothy Porter , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2010 Z1670588 2010 single work essay (taught in 1 units) 'In this book celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter delves headfirst into the passions, both literary and earthly. We discover the young Dorothy's drug of choice was none other than romantic love while musing that some of the most deeply passionate experiences of her life happened between the covers of a book.' (Publisher's blurb) | Creative Writing | NYU - Sydney | 2015 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Australian Literature: Inventing the Past | La Trobe University | 2011 |
y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Australian Literature: Inventing the Past | La Trobe University | 2012 |
y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Feminism & Literature | Macquarie University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Feminism and Literature | Macquarie University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Feminism and Literature | Macquarie University | 2011 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Surmise
Dorothy Porter
,
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2002
Z982831
2002
single work
novel
(taught in 6 units)
'Alex Leefson is astronomy's glamour girl, in love with the satellite Europa and the equally unreachable Phoebe. Meanwhile, her husband Daniel mourns the demise of his marriage and his life. Full of Dorothy Porter's customary bite and sensuality, Wild Surmise is an engrossing duet between two passionately estranged voices. An intensely moving verse novel of passions and vulnerabilities, love and death.' (Publication summary) |
Genres in Cultural Context | University of Sydney | 2009 (Semester 1) |