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In the bitter Antarctic winter of 1910, in the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentleman adventurers wait out a raging blizzard in the close, perpetual darkness, poised for a strike at the South Pole. As the storm lifts, a new challenge faces Captain Sir Eugene Stewart - to discover which of his twenty-five carefully chosen men has become a murderer, as what has begun as a probe for the bottom of the world becomes a probe for the bottom of man's soul. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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Dedication: To Bob Hawke
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A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure : Thomas Keneally
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 20-27) Although Thomas Keneally is firmly located as a national figure, his international literary career and his novels’ inspection of colonial exile, Aboriginal alienation, and movements of people throughout history reflect aspects of diasporic experience, while pushing the term itself into wider meaning of the transnational. -
Words, Sticks and Stones : Keneally, Literature and Social Impact
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , November vol. 28 no. 4 2013; (p. 90-105) -
'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
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Australian Melodramas : Thomas Keneally's Fiction
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1995
Z565009
1995
single work
criticism
The first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work. It concentrates on his novels, but also covers plays and non-fiction, and analyses the academic reception of Keneally's work.
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Thomas Keneally's 'Victim of the Aurora' and the Limits of Detective Fiction
1992-1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 32, no2-33, no.1 no. 1992-1993; (p. 98-105)
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The Resemblance of Things Past, Present and Future
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 40 no. 1 1980; (p. 120-124)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; A Victim of the Aurora 1977 single work novel ; Passenger 1979 single work novel -
Recent Fiction
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 37 no. 3 1978; (p. 393-401)
— Review of Flying Home : A Novel 1978 single work novel ; Water Under the Bridge : A Novel 1977 single work novel ; Sweethearts 1978 single work novel ; Quarantine 1978 single work novel ; A Victim of the Aurora 1977 single work novel ; Almost Like Talking 1978 single work novel -
[Review] A Victim of the Aurora
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Listener , vol. 98 no. 1977; (p. 382-383)
— Review of A Victim of the Aurora 1977 single work novel -
[Review] A Victim of the Aurora
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: New Statesman , vol. 96 no. 1977;
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[Review] A Victim of the Aurora
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Queen's Quarterly , vol. 85 no. 1978-1979; (p. 643-646)
— Review of A Victim of the Aurora 1977 single work novel -
'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290) This chapter examines Australian literature (poetry, fiction, and plays) dealing with Antarctica, focussing on each text's engagement with the Antarctic environment and the debates surrounding it. Beginning with two late nineteenth-century Antarctic utopias, the survey moves through the work of well-known writers such as Douglas Stewart and Thomas Keneally in the mid-century to more recent writing by Dorothy Porter, Les Murray, Caroline Caddy, and others. Less familiar material, such as poetry by Antarctic expeditioners themselves, is also discussed. The essay traces a rough progression in Australian representation of the far southern environment, from an initial utopian approach to an emphasis on its stark, 'timeless' icescape as a minimalist backdrop for human dramas to an appreciation of its changeability, complexity and fragility. (from The Littoral Zone) -
Thomas Keneally's 'Victim of the Aurora' and the Limits of Detective Fiction
1992-1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 32, no2-33, no.1 no. 1992-1993; (p. 98-105) -
Thomas Keneally
Candida Baker
(interviewer),
1987
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: Yacker 2 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1987; (p. 116-142) -
Thomas Keneally's 'Innocent' Men
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 1 1981; (p. 57-66) -
The Most Frightening Rebellion : The Recent Novels of Thomas Keneally
1979
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 38 no. 1 1979; (p. 74-86)
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