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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 'And What Books Do You Read?' : New Studies in Australian Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sylvia's Books: Literature, Civilisation and 'His Natural Life', Ken A. Stewart , single work criticism
Stewart examines the role of literature in the novel, especially in relation to Sylvia's awareness of the world in which she lives. The similar themes of Rousseau, Saint-Pierre and Shakespeare (all of which Sylvia reads) are discussed and their effect on the meaning of His Natural Life is assessed.
 (p. 1-14)
From Melodrama to Classic Comic : Adaptations of His Natural Life, 1886-1986, Elizabeth Webby , single work criticism
Webby examines the different themes and content of several stage and film adaptations of His Natural Life, revealing changing attitudes to issues such as cannabalism, homosexuality and melodrama.
 (p. 15-24)
A Spark in the States, a Bushfire in Australia: Early Australian Playwriting and the USA, Richard Fotheringham , single work criticism (p. 25-37)
Douglas Sladen as Literary Promoter, Chris Tiffin , single work criticism biography (p. 38-50)
'Laughter, Not for a Cage': Miles Franklin and the Writing of Australian Literary History, Jill Roe , single work criticism biography (p. 51-62)
Rewriting Australia's Literary History: International Challenges, Bruce Bennett , single work criticism (p. 63-75)
Terms of Engagement: Multiculturalism, Nation and Literature, Con Castan , single work criticism (p. 76-86)
Timing 'the Flood that Does Not Flow': Aspects of Space-Time and Dream-Time in Australian Poetry, Martin Leer , single work criticism (p. 87-100)
The Bicentennial and the Millennium: The Dissident Voices of David Foster and Sam Watson, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 101-111)
Staging Mabo : The Recent Theatre of Louis Nowra, Veronica Kelly , single work criticism (p. 112-125)
The Tichborne Affair and Patrick White's 'The Twyborn Affair', Helen Tiffin , single work criticism (p. 126-139)
Captivity, Captivation: Aspects of Peter Carey's Fiction, Peter Pierce , single work criticism (p. 140-150)
'Words Wrenched Out of Amusement and Pain' : Thea Astley's Musical Style, Bruce A. Clunies Ross , single work criticism (p. 151-163)
Journeys in Genre: Australian Literary Travellers to the Soviet Union, David Carter , single work criticism (p. 164-180)
'A Completely New Type of Woman': Jean Devanny and Katharine Susannah Prichard, a Dialogue, Carole Ferrier , single work short story criticism biography (p. 181-195)
Reviving the Author: The 'Boom' in Australian Literary Biography, Graeme Turner , single work criticism (p. 196-207)
Public Relations: Australian Literature and Its Institutions, 1940-1990, Alan Lawson , single work criticism (p. 208-220)
Small Press Days (from The Literary Pages, or Lost Allusions, a Work-in-Progress), Michael Wilding , extract humour (p. 221-232)
Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan, P. D. Edwards , single work biography (p. 234-237)
Laurie Hergenhan: Publications 1962-1995, Irmtraud Petersson , single work bibliography (p. 238-245)
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