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1 Witnessing Susan Tridgell , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 297 2007-2008; (p. 57-58)
— Review of This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography Richard Freadman , 2007 selected work criticism
1 Communicative Clashes in Australian Culture and Autobiography Susan Tridgell , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Auto/Biography , December vol. 14 no. 4 2006; (p. 285-301) 'Some life-writing critics have pointed to a paradox in Australian autobiography: that of memoir writers paying tribute to their subjects in ways which those subjects would not understand or agree with. In this article, I focus on one facet of this paradox, looking at how various styles of communication are represented in autobiographies. What happens when a highly articulate autobiographer attempts to represent the communicative style of a subject who does not share or value the autobiographer's discursive style? This article surveys a variety of strategies which autobiographers have used, some of which are open to the possibility of valuing a minimalist style of communication, while others condemn it as inarticulate and inexpressive. These varying attitudes connect to a broader cultural debate in Australia. In this debate, an older rural style of communication, which values minimal verbal communication and emotional inexpressivity, is pitted against a more recent urban-based style of communication, which values emotional expressivity and expansive commentary. Intriguingly, this rural speech style (seemingly the antithesis of the autobiographer's art) is represented and valued as an art form by some Australian autobiographers.' -- Publication abstract.
1 What Is Life Writing? Maureen Perkins , Susan Tridgell , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Conversations , Winter vol. 6 no. 1 2005; (p. 10-25) In their examination of life writing, Perkins and Tridgell argue that 'Focusing on a single life can be a way of understanding the world better, as well as a starting point for questions.'
1 Biography, Narrative and Christina Stead : An Imperfect Match? Susan Tridgell , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 83 2004; (p. 119-126, notes 196-197) 'This article argues that Rowley's attempt to narrate Stead's life is hampered by Rowley's choice of narrative form. ... While this form of narrative works well enough for the years in which Stead was a public achiever, it is less well-adapted to describing the life led by Stead as she became frail and elderly' (119).
1 Untitled Susan Tridgell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 82 2004; (p. 135-136)
— Review of Shadow of Doubt : My Father and Myself Richard Freadman , 2003 single work autobiography
1 Untitled Susan Tridgell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , July no. 25 2004;
— Review of Shadow of Doubt : My Father and Myself Richard Freadman , 2003 single work autobiography
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