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* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Oxford University Press
, 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Uncertain Self : Notes on the Development of Australian Literary Form, single work criticism (p. 1-21)
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The Metamorphoses of Henry Kendall,
single work
criticism
biography
(p. 22-41)Heseltine discusses Kendall's attempts to create a "literary" personality. In his search for a literary self Kendall explored aboriginal, biblical and classical themes. Kendall's quest to mythologize an uncertain self into a sustaining identity, Heseltine argues, enabled similar searches by Australia's later poets.
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Between Living and Dying : The Ground of Lawson's Art,
single work
criticism
(p. 42-55)Heseltine employs a musical metaphor to show that the integrity of Lawson's great tales of the 1890s "resides in his determination to hold the balance between the spiritual wasteland he perceived in his own and other lives and the tantalising but illusory promise of rebirth he could not help but entertain".
- The Confessions of a Beachcomber, single work criticism (p. 56-71)
- `Wherefore I Think' : Notes on the Poetry of Kenneth Slessor, single work criticism (p. 72-82)
- Wrestling with the Angel : Judith Wright's Poetry in the 1950s, single work criticism (p. 83-90)
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Diversions and Obsessions: A. D. Hope and Robert D. FitzGerald,
single work
review
— Review of Product : Later Verses 1977 selected work poetry ; A Book of Answers 1978 selected work poetry ; (p. 91-96) - `A Rich Surplus of Consciousness' : A Response to the Poetry of Francis Webb, single work criticism (p. 97-111)
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Eve Langley : Oscar Wilde in the Blue Mountains,
single work
criticism
(p. 112-130)Heseltine explores Langley's fascination with Oscar Wilde, arguing that Langley's fiction represents an inevitable transformation into the Irish writer. The events that lead to this transformation are dramatized in The Pea-pickers and White Topee as Eve uses others to bring her closer to the pleasures of aesthetic creation. At the end of the Pea-pickers Eve stands alone with her troubled self, but at the end of White Topee she stands alone with Oscar Wilde, the alter ego which has taken possession of her being.
- Hal Porter and the Art of Autobiography, single work criticism (p. 131-146)
- The Emotional Structure of "The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony", single work criticism (p. 147-158)
- Criticism and the Universities, single work criticism (p. 159-169)
- The Criticism of Arthur Phillips, single work criticism (p. 188-200)
- 5 April 1984 : The Two Winstons, single work criticism (p. 201-209)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Forms of Australian Literary History
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 77-90) -
On the Track and Over the Wall : Criticism and Survival
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 46 no. 2 1987; (p. 235-242)
— Review of The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review ; The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986 selected work criticism -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Choice (US) , December 1987; (p. 622)
— Review of The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review -
Knowing the Self : Constructions of Identity
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 13 no. 1 1987; (p. 105-108)
— 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
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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 -
Assertion and Argument
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , March no. 106 1987; (p. 66-67)
— 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 -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 13 no. 1 1987; (p. 105-108)
— 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 -
Finding the Australia Self
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 October 1986; (p. B3)
— Review of The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review -
Knowing the Self : Constructions of Identity
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986 selected work criticism review -
Forms of Australian Literary History
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 77-90)
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