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The Unbending is set about the time of the arrival of Waten's own family in Australia, prior to the First World War. He thus returns first in his writing to the scene of the family drama, ... There is no part of the family's intimate life that can be kept apart from the history of migration they are living. The family soon becomes entangled with the politics of the time and place - the bitter struggles over conscription which split the Labor Party and the nation in 1916-17. ... the narrative goes on to tie together the 'red raggers and foreigners', both of whom provide alternatives to the official version of patriotism. (David Carter, 'Introduction', Judah Waten : Fiction, Memoir, Criticism (1998): xxv-xxvi)).
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Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel
2006
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criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006. -
New Places, Old Memories
2004
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criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 150 1998; (p. 46)
— Review of The Unbending 1954 single work novel - y A Career in Writing : Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career Toowoomba : Association for the Study of Australian Literature , 1997 Z159609 1997 single work criticism
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Cold War on Writing : Attacks on Writers and Struggles for Funds
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing in Hope and Fear : Literature as Politics in Postwar Australia 1996; (p. 112-126)
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A Notable New Novel
1954
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review
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 2 August 1954; (p. 80)
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The Unbending
1954
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review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 1 1954; (p. 12)
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Waten Novel
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 June vol. 75 no. 3879 1954; (p. 2)
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Untitled
1954
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review
— Appears in: Landfall , December vol. 8 no. 4 1954; (p. 307-308)
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Fellowship And Quality
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 August 1954; (p. 15)
— Review of The Unbending 1954 single work novel -
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006. -
New Places, Old Memories
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antípodas , no. 15 2004; (p. 77-83) -
Untitled
1955
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correspondence
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 3 1955; (p. 19) -
The Sty of Circe : Judah Waten's The Unbending
1974
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Native Companions : Essays and Comments on Australian Literature, 1936-1966 1974; (p. 277-287) -
The Writer at Bay
1954
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 1 1954; (p. 3) Overland , Autumn no. 150 1998; (p. 37)
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cAustralia,c
Settings:
- Western Australia,
- Country towns,
- 1910s
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