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Describes a typical day on a selection in western N. S. W.
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1980
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— Appears in: Lawson's Mates 1980; (p. 196-247)
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This work was originally published in the Bulletin in 1893 with the title 'A Day on a Selection : A Sketch from Observation'. The title was shortened to 'A Day on a Selection ' for inclusion in While the Billy Boils (1896) and this continued in subsequent publications.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Henry Lawson's Socialist Vision
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Studies in Classic Australian Fiction 1997; (p. 32-75) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 30) Wilding challenges the critical consensus that dismisses Lawson's political writing. Wilding demonstrates that when these stories are analysed in historical and intellectual contexts a "rich specificity of social observation and political thought" is revealed. -
Henry Lawson's Short Stories
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Radical Tradition : Lawson, Furphy, Stead 1993; (p. 1-29) -
The Nervous Nineties
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , December-January vol. 2 no. 6 1990-1991; (p. 36-37) -
Between Living and Dying : The Ground of Lawson's Art
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 19-26) The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986; (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".
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Henry Lawson's Short Stories
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Radical Tradition : Lawson, Furphy, Stead 1993; (p. 1-29) -
The Nervous Nineties
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , December-January vol. 2 no. 6 1990-1991; (p. 36-37) -
Henry Lawson's Socialist Vision
1997
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Studies in Classic Australian Fiction 1997; (p. 32-75) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 30) Wilding challenges the critical consensus that dismisses Lawson's political writing. Wilding demonstrates that when these stories are analysed in historical and intellectual contexts a "rich specificity of social observation and political thought" is revealed. -
Between Living and Dying : The Ground of Lawson's Art
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 19-26) The Uncertain Self : Essays in Australian Literature and Criticism 1986; (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".
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