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Notes
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Dedication: In memory, K. T. Z., 1926-1985
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Epigraph: Passage from Herman Melville's Hawthorne and His Mosses.
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Epigraph: 'Quatations in my works are like robbers by the roadside who make an armed attack and relieve an idler of his convictions.' Walter Benjamin: Schriften I
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Nedlands,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:UWA Publishing
, 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Lyre in the Pawnshop: Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 : Introduction : Disinterested Motives?, single work criticism (p. 1-13)
- Influence and Independence, single work criticism (p. 14-22)
- Speeches and Silences, single work criticism (p. 23-36)
- Love and Language, single work criticism (p. 37-53)
- Seeing and Recording a Local Ambience, single work criticism (p. 74-80)
- Poets and Critics: What Price Survival?, single work criticism (p. 81-90)
- Democratic Repression: The Ethnic Strain, single work criticism (p. 91-102)
- The Price of Silence: Further Thoughts on the Poetry of Randolph Stow, single work criticism (p. 103-111)
- Reclusive Grace: The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson, single work criticism (p. 112-123)
- Ambivalent Ockerism: The Poetry of Bruce Dawe, single work criticism (p. 124-135)
- Gallic Sanction : Kiss of Death : Another Look at Brennan's Reputation, single work criticism (p. 136-147)
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Maurice the Obscure: Provincial Expatriate in Search of a Voice,
single work
criticism
Zwicky investigates the advantages and disadvantages of exile for the creative process. Comparing Maurice Guest with Hardy's Jude, The Obscure, Zwicky examines their modern form and content, concluding that Richardson was unable to assert a distinct voice because she was an exile by temperament. Hardy's poetic voice can express "alienation and metaphysical isolation simultaneously" because "its identity [is] assured by history and a firm sense of its origins". Zwicky concludes that Richardson "repressed the lyricism that might have flowered in musical composition" but acknowledges that it surfaces in "arresting bursts" in Maurice Guest through Richardson's depiction of Louise.
- The Mother of Narcissus : Autobiographical Reflections in the Work of H.H. Richardson, Hal Porter, Donald Horne and Clive James, single work criticism (p. 167-181)
- The Autobiographical Act, single work criticism (p. 182-186)
- A Resourceful Woman, single work criticism (p. 187-196)
- Paul Celan's `Todesfuge': The Proprieties of the Holocaust, single work criticism biography (p. 197-209)
- Nine Radio Commentaries : 1, single work criticism (p. 257-261)
- Nine Radio Commentaries : 2, single work criticism (p. 261-265)
- Nine Radio Commentaries : 3, single work criticism (p. 265-269)
- Nine Radio Commentaries : 4, single work criticism (p. 269-273)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Fay Zwicky and ‘the Riddle of the Self’s Existence’
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2017; (p. 217-226) Westerly , no. 5 2018; (p. 27-36) -
The Form of Love: Les Murray, Selfhood and the Romantic Impulse
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Fantastic Self : Essays on the Subject of the Self 1999; (p. 197-205) -
Fay Zwicky: The Poet as Moralist
1994
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 54 no. 3 1994; (p. 33-50) -
Fay Zwicky
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 168-170) -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Commonwealth , Autumn vol. 11 no. 1 1988; (p. 117-119)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism
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[Review] The Lyre in the Pawnshop
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , November vol. 1 no. 11 1986; (p. 15)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism -
Beating Off the Beeps and Barps
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 August 1986; (p. 19)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism ; The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review -
Genuine Authority and Wisdom
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 October 1986; (p. 12)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism -
Untitled
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times on Sunday , 17 August 1986; (p. 34)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism -
A Nation Starved of the Stuff of Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 August 1987; (p. 8)
— Review of The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism -
Learning to Breathe
1986
single work
column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , September vol. 1 no. 9 1986; (p. 5-6) -
Fay Zwicky
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 168-170) -
Fay Zwicky: The Poet as Moralist
1994
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 54 no. 3 1994; (p. 33-50) -
The Form of Love: Les Murray, Selfhood and the Romantic Impulse
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Fantastic Self : Essays on the Subject of the Self 1999; (p. 197-205) -
Fay Zwicky and ‘the Riddle of the Self’s Existence’
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2017; (p. 217-226) Westerly , no. 5 2018; (p. 27-36)
Awards
- 1987 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Non-fiction
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