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Dedication: For Gwen and David Moore.
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Epigraph: 'There is another world, but it is in this one.' - Paul Eluard 'It is not outside, it is inside: wholly within.' - Meister Eckhart '. . . yet still I long for my twin in the sun . . .' - Patrick Anderson 'It was an old and rather poor church, many of the ikons were without settings, but such churches are the best for praying in.' - Dostoevsky
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Patrick White, The Solid Mandala
2017
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essay
— Appears in: Late Essays 2006-2017 2017; (p. 234) -
Worlding Options : Conflation of Personal and Physical Space in Patrick White’s Novels
2015
single work
— Appears in: Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities , September-December vol. 7 no. 3 2015; 'Great texts that have accrued literary renown over the years and across space, time and genre, are those that are able to project universal sentiments. But simultaneously these texts feature a conscious engagement with the constituent space(s) that are unique to their creation or generation. Every text, then, as it naturally appears, has its singular framework or modality of engagement(s) with space. This article seeks to illustrate how Australian novelist Patrick White’s novels enshrine philosophical, and sometimes metaphysical explorations of the nature of spatiality that the self has to contend with as an unavoidable burden of living itself and clarify the singular, pivotal role that spatiality plays in determining individual responses to specific situations and decision-making processes.' (Publication summary) -
Günter Grass's Blechtrommel and Patrick White's Solid Mandala
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 28 no. 2 2014; (p. 509-512) 'Edgecombe examines the novels Solid Mandala by Patrick White and Blechtrommel by Gunter Grass. He argues that Arthur's dance in Solid Mandala has been inspired by Die Blechtrommel, a novel that most emphatically does mix the documentary and the fantastical. He shares that White has borrowed the procedure but managed to escape its consequences.' (Publication summary) -
The Zany Fool? Representations in Raja Rao's The Cat and Shakespeare and Patrick White's The Solid Mandala
2014
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criticism
— Appears in: Patrick White : Critical Issues 2014; -
The Androgyne Factor: The Ambiguity of Existence in Patrick White's The Solid Mandala and The Twyborn Affair
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Patrick White : Critical Issues 2014;
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[Review] Collected Poems 1930-1965 [and] The Solid Mandala
1966
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review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 December 1966; (p. 10)
— Review of Collected Poems 1930-1965 1966 selected work poetry ; The Solid Mandala 1966 single work novel -
Recent Novels
1966
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review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 34 1966; (p. 49-50)
— Review of The Slow Natives 1965 single work novel ; Trap : A Novel 1966 single work novel ; The Solid Mandala 1966 single work novel ; Big Red : A Novel 1965 single work novel -
[Review] The Solid Mandala
1966
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review
— Appears in: Newsweek , 14 February 1966; (p. 58)
— Review of The Solid Mandala 1966 single work novel -
[Review] The Solid Mandala
1966
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review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 9 June 1966; (p. 509)
— Review of The Solid Mandala 1966 single work novel -
The Shaman of Sarsaparilla
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Time , 11 February 1966; (p. 58)
— Review of The Solid Mandala 1966 single work novel -
Imagery and Structure in Patrick White's Novels
1991
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criticism
— Appears in: Breaking Circles 1991; (p. 175-181) -
Mandala Symbolism in the Novels of Patrick White
1995-1996
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criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Review , vol. 7 no. 1 1995-1996; (p. 117-123) -
Patrick White: An International Perspective
1991
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— Appears in: Breaking Circles 1991; (p. 182-196) -
The Dancing Prankster or the Enlightened Seer? Raja Rao's The Cat and Shakespeare and Patrick White's The Solid Mandala
2004
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criticism
— Appears in: Towards a Transcultural Future : Literature and Society in a 'Post'-Colonial World [1] 2004; -
Terpsichorean Moments in Patrick White's The Solid Mandala and Hal Porter's The Tilted Cross
2005
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 4 no. 2005; (p. 35-47) Discusses the importance of 'choreographic moments' in the two novels, focusing 'specifically on the acts of dance portrayed in the texts, discussing the movements performed and the characteristics of the dancers performing.'
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