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y separately published work icon Studies in Classic Australian Fiction multi chapter work   criticism   biography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Studies in Classic Australian Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Sydney Association for Studies in Society and Culture , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
"Weird Melancholy" : Inner and Outer Landscapes in Marcus Clarke's Stories, Michael Wilding , single work criticism biography (p. 9-31)
Henry Lawson's Socialist Vision, Michael Wilding , single work criticism biography
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.
 (p. 32-75)
Pioneering Social Realism: William Lane's The Workingman's Paradise, Michael Wilding , single work criticism
Wilding demonstrates that William Lane's The Workingman's Paradiseexplores the traditional appeals, analyses and understandings of socialist propaganda. But Wilding finds that Lane also emphasizes that the propagandists must ensure they live within the propagandized value system before any social change can be effective.
 (p. 76-108)
Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 109-133)
The Historical Novel: Jack Lindsay's `1649 : A Novel of a Year', Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 134-159)
Christina Stead's "Seven Poor Men of Sydney", Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 160-186)
Christina Stead's "The Puzzleheaded Girl" : The Political Context, Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 187-220)
The Politics of Modernism, Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 221-231)
Note: With title: Patrick White : The Politics of Modernism
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