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Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Primavera Press
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Prodigal Son, single work prose (p. 13-17)
- In the Making Patrick White, extract autobiography (p. 19-23)
- Nine Thoughts from Sydneyi"To sublimate an incestuous passion for an aunt,", single work poetry satire (p. 24-25)
- A Living Living-Room, single work prose (p. 27-28)
- Mad Hatter's Party, single work prose (p. 31-33)
- Civilisation, Money and Concrete, single work prose (p. 35-36)
- The Nobel Prize, single work prose (p. 39-44)
- Australian of the Year, single work prose (p. 47-48)
- With Whitlam Patrick White's Tribute to the Whitlam Government, single work prose biography (p. 51-53)
- Poor Henry Lawson, single work biography (p. 55-57)
- Kerr and the Consequences, single work prose (p. 59-60)
- Citizens for Democracy, single work prose (p. 63-67)
- A Noble Pair, single work prose (p. 69-71)
- The Reading Sickness, single work prose (p. 73-78)
- Factual Writing and Criticism Patrick White Speaks on Factual Writing and Fiction, single work prose (p. 81-85)
- State of the Colony, Paul Murphy (interviewer), single work interview biography (p. 87-92)
- Jack Mundey and the BLF, single work correspondence (p. 95-97)
- And If a Button is Pressed, single work prose (p. 99-102)
- A Letter to Humanity, single work prose (p. 105-110)
- A New Constitution, single work prose (p. 129-131)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Patrick White : (Auto) Biography - A Veiled Confession?
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 19-25) '...White's recourse to two particular autobiographical labels and modes (self-portrait and memoir) requires an appreciation of the complexity of these various models of life writing. In this essay, however, I shall be primarily concerned with White's technology of foreclosure of the confessional option.' (From author's introduction)
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Disciplining Difference : Post-Coloniality and Aesthetics
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 340-348) -
Locating Voss within Change, Conflict and Convergence
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 125-139) 'This article attempts to locate Patrick White's Voss within postcolonial and postmodern discourse, focussing on themes of identity, space, history and belonging. Written in 1957, the test is a fusion of fact and fiction and in its intermingling of genres accommodates varying ideas as well as responses. Underlying the narrative is a determined attempt by White to comprehend past narratives of the Australian continent and its inhabitants so as to grasp some understandings about them and possibly reconstitute a new world.' (p. 125)
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Patrick White’s The Vivisector : Memoirs of Many in One – Who is Hurtle Duffield?
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 1 no. 1 2009; 'On many occasions Patrick White professed a love of cooking. As acclaimed author he gained universal fame, and remains the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for literature. Both cooking and writing are creative processes and this essay draws parallels between the creative process, the digestive process, defecation and excrement. Of course, defecation is a natural bodily function resulting from food consumption and without food the body wouldn't survive. Syllogistically, without the corporeal there is no mind and without either body or mind there is no identity. In their introduction to Culture and Waste Gay Hawkins and Stephen Muecke contend that "expelling and discarding is more than biological necessity - it is fundamental to the ordering of the self" (Muecke 2003, xiii). Therefore, taken in the context of the biological and ontological duality of expulsion, I contend that food, in its many guises, is inextricably linked to identity. (Author's abstract) -
Perceiving Europe and Australia and Constructing an Imagined Australian Identity in The Aunts’ Story by Patrick White.
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 353-366) 'This paper examines Patrick White's novel The Aunt's Story and the way in which it fictionally shows mutual scrutiny and perception between Australia and Europe. Central to the elaboration of this study is the notion of fictional viewpoint, which Leech and Short (1986, p 174) define as 'the slanting of the fictional world towards reality, as apprehended by a particular participant, or set of participants, in the fiction'. Notions of distance of viewpoint from an 'outside' or 'inside' perspective and the way in which they affect construction and perception of places are also instrumental in this analysis.' (353)
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[Review] Patrick White Speaks
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , October vol. 4 no. 10 1989; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Patrick White Speaks 1989 selected work autobiography correspondence prose -
Committed and Engaging Works
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 March 1990; (p. B4)
— Review of The Good Reading Guide 1989 anthology review ; First Rights : A Decade of Island Magazine 1989 anthology poetry short story criticism autobiography ; The New Diversity : Australian Fiction : 1970-88 1989 selected work criticism ; Patrick White Speaks 1989 selected work autobiography correspondence prose -
White : Moving, Profound and Dutiful
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 August 1989; (p. 80)
— Review of Patrick White Speaks 1989 selected work autobiography correspondence prose -
White the Itchy
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 September 1989; (p. 118-119)
— Review of Patrick White Speaks 1989 selected work autobiography correspondence prose -
White's Sense of Selfhood and Style
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 114 1989; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Patrick White Speaks 1989 selected work autobiography correspondence prose -
Perceiving Europe and Australia and Constructing an Imagined Australian Identity in The Aunts’ Story by Patrick White.
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 353-366) 'This paper examines Patrick White's novel The Aunt's Story and the way in which it fictionally shows mutual scrutiny and perception between Australia and Europe. Central to the elaboration of this study is the notion of fictional viewpoint, which Leech and Short (1986, p 174) define as 'the slanting of the fictional world towards reality, as apprehended by a particular participant, or set of participants, in the fiction'. Notions of distance of viewpoint from an 'outside' or 'inside' perspective and the way in which they affect construction and perception of places are also instrumental in this analysis.' (353) -
Patrick White’s The Vivisector : Memoirs of Many in One – Who is Hurtle Duffield?
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 1 no. 1 2009; 'On many occasions Patrick White professed a love of cooking. As acclaimed author he gained universal fame, and remains the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for literature. Both cooking and writing are creative processes and this essay draws parallels between the creative process, the digestive process, defecation and excrement. Of course, defecation is a natural bodily function resulting from food consumption and without food the body wouldn't survive. Syllogistically, without the corporeal there is no mind and without either body or mind there is no identity. In their introduction to Culture and Waste Gay Hawkins and Stephen Muecke contend that "expelling and discarding is more than biological necessity - it is fundamental to the ordering of the self" (Muecke 2003, xiii). Therefore, taken in the context of the biological and ontological duality of expulsion, I contend that food, in its many guises, is inextricably linked to identity. (Author's abstract) -
Locating Voss within Change, Conflict and Convergence
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 125-139) 'This article attempts to locate Patrick White's Voss within postcolonial and postmodern discourse, focussing on themes of identity, space, history and belonging. Written in 1957, the test is a fusion of fact and fiction and in its intermingling of genres accommodates varying ideas as well as responses. Underlying the narrative is a determined attempt by White to comprehend past narratives of the Australian continent and its inhabitants so as to grasp some understandings about them and possibly reconstitute a new world.' (p. 125)
-
Disciplining Difference : Post-Coloniality and Aesthetics
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 340-348) -
Patrick White : (Auto) Biography - A Veiled Confession?
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 19-25) '...White's recourse to two particular autobiographical labels and modes (self-portrait and memoir) requires an appreciation of the complexity of these various models of life writing. In this essay, however, I shall be primarily concerned with White's technology of foreclosure of the confessional option.' (From author's introduction)
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