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'Touches of Nature that Make the Whole World Kin' : Furphy, Race and Anxiety,
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criticism
'What appealed to generations of readers in Furphy can trouble a late twentieth-century reader: its call to nationhood, to one (white and assimilationist) nation; its lack of self-consciousness about what that meant in terms of dispossession of the pre-existing indigenous cultures; its heroicising of the bushman and worker, and its excoriation of the (absentee) capitalist landlord and squatter. This caricature of the rich texture of the novels, in fact, says more about the uses to which Such is Life in particular has been put by nationalist critics than about the novel itself which has retained its canonical status notwithstanding generations of critical misreadings (see Hadgraft) and neglect even by professional readers in Australian literature. This paper analyses one of these areas of contention: Furphy's stand on race, where the narratives locate themselves in the race debates (in particular monogenism and polygenism) and the realities of late nineteenth-century Aboriginal/European relations in Victoria.' (Opening paragraph)
- A. D. Hope and the Apocalyptic Splendour of the Sexes, single work criticism (p. 373-386)
- 'Talking with Yagan's Head' : The Poetry of John Mateer, single work criticism biography (p. 387-398)
- Colonial Gothic : Morbid Anatomy, Commodification and Critique in Marcus Clarke's 'The Mystery of Major Molineux', single work criticism biography (p. 399-412)
- Revisiting the 'Mystery of a Novel Contest' : The 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Come in Spinner', single work criticism (p. 413-424)
- Roy Bridge's Fictions of Van Diemen's Land, single work criticism biography (p. 425-432)
- Starting a Journal : ALS, Hobart 1963 : James McAuley, A D Hope and Geoffrey Dutton, single work criticism (p. 433-437)
- Judith Wright : Corrections to Biographical Errors, single work column autobiography (p. 438-439)
- Untitled, single work column (p. 439)
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Reviews,
single work
review
— Review of A. D. Hope : Selected Poetry and Prose 2000 selected work poetry essay extract review ; The Double Looking Glass : New and Classic Essays on the Poetry of A.D. Hope 2000 anthology essay review biography criticism ; Lost Angry Penguins : D.B. Kerr and P.G. Pfeiffer : A Path to the Wind 2000 multi chapter work biography criticism ; (p. 440-442) -
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single work
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— Review of Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; (p. 442-446) -
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single work
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— Review of The Intimate Empire : Reading Women's Autobiography 2000 single work criticism ; (p. 447-449)