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‘Outside the Circle of One’s Own Experience’ : George Orwell, Kylie Tennant and the Politics of Poverty during the Yellow Book Period
2021
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 21 no. 1 2021;'Never directly associated with nor influenced by one another, the British author George Orwell and the Australian novelist Kylie Tennant are nonetheless two contemporaneous writers for whom the issue of poverty proved an enduring preoccupation in both work and life. Both sought lived experience of Depression era hardship that was, in turn, translated into ambiguous works of fiction and non-fiction. During a formative period in both writers’ careers, Orwell and Tennant were published in England by the influential and progressive left-wing house of Victor Gollancz. This essay examines the representation of poverty in Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) and The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), the latter of which was distributed through Gollancz’s Left Book Club during the peak of the ‘Yellow Book’ period, and in Tennant’s fictional portrait of inner-city working-class life, Foveaux (1939), through the lens of their association with Gollancz. It argues that the urgent moral imperative to solve the global crisis of poverty represents an important basis for understanding the turn to documentary realism by Orwell and Tennant at that time. While publication by Gollancz helped to establish international reputations for Orwell and Tennant as writers of social conscience, this essay also considers the extent to which the growing scrutiny afforded to the participant-observer mode complicates their contemporary reception.' (Publication abstract)
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Kylie Tennant, OM (1912-1988) : A Witty and Compassionate Author and Social Commentator
2002
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biography
— Appears in: Great Australian Women : Volume 2 - From Pioneering Days to the Present 2002; (p. 234-258) -
The Politics of Cliche : Sex, Class, and Abortion in Australian Realism
2001
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criticism
— Appears in: Modern Fiction Studies , Spring vol. 47 no. 1 2001; (p. 69-91) Examines th representaion of sexuality, the "unwanted pregnancy cliche", and the prominence of abortion plots in some Australian realist novels. -
Documenting and Criticising Society
1988
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— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 370-389) Always Almost Modern : Australian Print Cultures and Modernity 2013; (p. 167-185) -
Afterword : In Praise of Kylie Tennant
1988
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Peaceful Army : A Memorial to the Women Pioneers of Australia, 1788-1938 1988; (p. 149-156)
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Untitled
1936
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review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 May 1936; (p. 20)
— Review of Tiburon 1935 single work novel -
Several Novels by Women
1936
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 April vol. 57 no. 2932 1936; (p. 2-4)
— Review of Return to Coolami 1936 single work novel ; Maidens Beware : A Novel 1936 single work novel ; Tiburon 1935 single work novel -
Tiburon in Covers
1935
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 December vol. 56 no. 2914 1935; (p. 2)
— Review of Tiburon 1935 single work novel -
Tiburon
1935
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 August vol. 56 no. 2898 1935; (p. 4)
— Review of Tiburon 1935 single work novel -
Untitled
1936
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review
— Appears in: The Church Standard , 24 April 1936;
— Review of Tiburon 1935 single work novel -
Afterword : In Praise of Kylie Tennant
1988
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Peaceful Army : A Memorial to the Women Pioneers of Australia, 1788-1938 1988; (p. 149-156) -
Undergrowth to Orchard : Interview with Kylie Tennant
1980
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interview
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 25 no. 3 1980; (p. 146-153) -
The Tragi-Comedies of Kylie Tennant
1957
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criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 1 1957; (p. 2-8) Twentieth Century Australian Literary Criticism 1967; (p. 324-333) -
Novels by Younger Writers. Avoidance of the Present Tense. Kylie Tennant. Margaret Trist. H. Drake-Brockman.
1956
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— Appears in: Laughter, Not for a Cage : Notes on Australian Writing, with Biographical Emphasis on the Struggles, Functions and Achievements of the Novel in Three-Half Centuries 1956; (p. 201-210) -
Documenting and Criticising Society
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 370-389) Always Almost Modern : Australian Print Cultures and Modernity 2013; (p. 167-185)
Awards
- 1935 inaugural winner S.H. Prior Memorial Prize
- New South Wales,
- Country towns,
- 1930s