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Dedication: for Caitlin
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Works about this Work
- y The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia : A Comparative Introduction to the Utopian Novel in the New English Literatures New York (City) : Peter Lang , 2001 Z912335 2001 single work criticism A critical introduction to utopian and dystopian fiction written in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and India. It outlines the development of utopian writing over the last thirty years and analyses the relationship between postcolonial and utopian issues. Based on a comparative approach that takes into account the different traditions the texts are derived from, the book examines the function of utopian alternatives and dystopian anxieties in the writings of a wide range of well-known international authors such as Janet Frame, David Ireland, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Peter Carey, Rodney Hall, Buchi Emechta, Margaret Atwood, Glenda Adams, John Cranna, Suniti Namjoshi, Mike Nico, Ben Okri, Gerald Murnane, and Timothy Findley. Also includes brief discussion of works by other Australian writers.
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Fiddling with Words
Cassandra Pybus
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 47 1991; (p. 20-25) -
Strangers to the North : Perceptions of Indonesia in Recent Australian Novels
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Editions , June-July no. 11 1991; (p. 11-12) -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Kirkus Reviews , 15 March 1989; (p. 394)
— Review of Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel -
The Life You Hide May Be Your Own
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 30 July 1989; (p. 9)
— Review of The Hottest Night of the Century : Short Stories 1979 selected work short story ; Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel
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Writing as an Act of Resistance
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , December no. 13 1982; (p. 52-54)
— Review of Hook's Mountain 1982 single work novel ; The Eye Opener 1982 single work novel ; Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel ; Archipelagoes 1982 selected work short story -
The Life You Hide May Be Your Own
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 30 July 1989; (p. 9)
— Review of The Hottest Night of the Century : Short Stories 1979 selected work short story ; Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel -
A State of would-be Traitors
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 6 March 1982; (p. 45)
— Review of Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel -
Brave Journey to an Alien Land
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 17 July 1982; (p. 10)
— Review of Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel -
Life Under a Future Dictatorship
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 May vol. 102 no. 5313 1982; (p. 79)
— Review of Games of the Strong 1982 single work novel -
Strangers to the North : Perceptions of Indonesia in Recent Australian Novels
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Editions , June-July no. 11 1991; (p. 11-12) -
Fiddling with Words
Cassandra Pybus
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 47 1991; (p. 20-25) -
Interview with Glenda Adams
Jan Hutchinson
(interviewer),
1988
single work
interview
— Appears in: Fine Line , October no. 4 1988; (p. 46-52) - y The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia : A Comparative Introduction to the Utopian Novel in the New English Literatures New York (City) : Peter Lang , 2001 Z912335 2001 single work criticism A critical introduction to utopian and dystopian fiction written in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and India. It outlines the development of utopian writing over the last thirty years and analyses the relationship between postcolonial and utopian issues. Based on a comparative approach that takes into account the different traditions the texts are derived from, the book examines the function of utopian alternatives and dystopian anxieties in the writings of a wide range of well-known international authors such as Janet Frame, David Ireland, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Peter Carey, Rodney Hall, Buchi Emechta, Margaret Atwood, Glenda Adams, John Cranna, Suniti Namjoshi, Mike Nico, Ben Okri, Gerald Murnane, and Timothy Findley. Also includes brief discussion of works by other Australian writers.
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The Foreigner's Guide to Australian SF
1985
single work
column
— Appears in: Science Fiction : A Review of Speculative Literature , vol. 7 no. 1 (Issue 19) 1985; (p. 23-25)
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