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Issue Details: First known date: 1980... vol. 9 no. 4 October 1980 of Australian Literary Studies est. 1963 Australian Literary Studies
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Interview with Christina Stead, Rodney Wetherell , single work interview (p. 431-448)
The Alienation of Alistair Cawdor in Randolph Stow's Visitants, Anthony J. Hassall , single work criticism (p. 449-459)
Fred J. Broomfield : research assistant extraordinaire, Ann-Mari Jordens , single work biography (p. 460-475)
The Support of Literature in Colonial Australia, Ken A. Stewart , single work criticism

'This paper will present an interpretative and selective survey of colonial events and controversies  leading to Alfred Deakin's establishment of the Commonwealth Literary Fund in 1908. Deakin inherited the ideological commitment of colonial cultural missionaries who had for decades debated five related lasses: the aims of "culture"; the role and importance of the writer in relation to his society; the connection between literature and nationality, and between literature and nationalism; the kind of support writers might receive; and the responsibility of the State towards the writer. These issues are discussed not as abstract debate, but within a researched historical and documentary framework, which, it is hoped, will itself fill some gaps in the generally received awareness of colonial literary history. An examination is offered of the sequence of practical efforts made to assist writers for the second half of the nineteenth century, in en attempt to understand and define some colonial attitudes towards literature and literary culture. ' (Introduction)
 

 (p. 476-487)
Judith Wright's Delicate Balance, David Dowling , single work criticism (p. 488-496)
The Ambiguous Modernist : Themes in the Development of the Poetry of John Tranter, Rae Desmond Jones , single work criticism (p. 497-501)
Small Presses and Little Magazines in the 1970s, Michael Wilding , single work criticism (p. 501-507)
Christina Stead : A Checklist, Marianne Ehrhardt , single work bibliography (p. 508-535)
David Ireland's 'Prisoner' and 'The Flesheaters', Ken Gelder , single work criticism
Examines The Unknown Industrial Prisoner under the aspect of the author's allusions and references to an American novel, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), by Nathanael West.
 (p. 535-538)
Untitled, Brian Elliott , single work review
— Review of Responses : Selected Writings A. A. Phillips , 1979 selected work criticism review ; The Literature of Western Australia 1979 anthology criticism ; (p. 539-541)
Untitled, Laurie Hergenhan , single work review
— Review of Australian Literature : A Reference Guide 1977 single work bibliography ; (p. 542-547)
Untitled, S. E. Lee , single work review
— Review of The Jindyworobaks 1979 anthology poetry criticism extract ; (p. 547-552)
Untitled, Terry Sturm , single work review
— Review of After 'The Doll' : Australian Drama Since 1955 Peter Fitzpatrick , 1979 multi chapter work criticism criticism ; (p. 552-555)
Untitled, Brian Kiernan , single work review
— Review of The Journalistic Javelin : An Illustrated History of The Bulletin Patricia Rolfe , 1979 single work criticism ; (p. 555-559)
Untitled, L. L. Robson , single work review
— Review of Frank the Poet : The Life and Works of Francis MacNamara Francis MacNamara , 1979 selected work criticism poetry biography ; (p. 559-561)
Untitled, Cecil Hadgraft , single work review
— Review of Eleanor Dark A. Grove Day , 1976 single work criticism biography ; Frank Dalby Davison Louise E. Rorabacher , 1979 single work biography criticism ; (p. 561-564)
Correspondence, Thomas Shapcott , single work correspondence (p. 567-569)
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