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Includes sections on: Writing Fiction, Kinds of Fiction, Writing Poetry, To Bear in Mind, Publication. Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Halstead Press
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Structuring the Story, single work criticism (p. 18-22)
- The Sentence in Time, single work criticism (p. 29-35)
- Voice, single work criticism (p. 36-42)
- Character, single work criticism (p. 53-57)
- The Narrator and Narrative Modes in the Novel, single work criticism (p. 58-66)
- Point of View : An Introduction to Fiction Writers, single work criticism (p. 67-79)
- Writing Genre, single work criticism (p. 83-93)
- Autobiography, single work criticism (p. 94-103)
- Historical Fiction, single work criticism (p. 104-110)
- Popular Fiction, single work criticism (p. 111-116)
- Science Fiction and Fantasy, single work criticism (p. 117-124)
- The Fall : Fictocritical Writing, single work criticism (p. 125-131)
- Structuring the Poem, single work criticism (p. 135-141)
- One Pleasure of Hell : Drafting and Redrafting Poetry, single work criticism (p. 142-147)
- Metaphor in Poetry, single work criticism (p. 148-151)
- Rhythm and Resonance in Poetry, single work criticism (p. 157-163)
- 'Don't Shoot the Editor!' : Publishing in Literary Magazines, single work criticism (p. 185-189)
- The Left Hand of Capitalism - Publishing on-line in Jacket Magazine, single work criticism (p. 190-194)
- Book Publishing, single work criticism (p. 195-200)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Archival Salvage : History’s Reef and the Wreck of the Historical Novel
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-21) 'In recent years debates about the ethics of portraying Indigenous subjects and subject matter have almost been superseded by circular debates about 'true' Australian history and who has the right to tell it. This has been disappointing in a context of the morally and formally imaginative speculations of historians such as Tom Griffiths, Fiona Paisley, Stephen Kinnane and Greg Dening, and also in a context of Indigenous studies Professor Marcia Langton's evidently too-hopeful calls for the activation of a shared cultural space. But as this local debate has become more heated, more public, the oddest spectacle of all in recent years was the recent lambasting of historical novelists.
Novelist Kate Grenville was a particular target of attack. Notable historians such as Mark McKenna, John Hirst and Inga Clendinnen vociferously condemned dramatic accounts of the past as anachronistic, unethical and, most curious of all in relation to the fictioneer's job description, untrue. I revisit the 'history wars' stoush to argue that these historians overlooked the suasion of broader, local political battles to determine and culturally enshrine particular narratives of Australian pasts; I argue that they also eschewed the linguistic turn of postmodernism and the contributions made therein by prominent historical scholars in their own field such as Hayden White and Dominic LaCapra. The paper finally shows how Grenville, Kim Scott and other novelists have engaged with colonial archival materials, deploying particular narrative techniques that enable them to generate compelling postcolonial dramatisations of colonial pasts. (Author's abstract)
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Who's the Reader?
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 7 no. 1 2003;
— Review of The Writer's Reader : A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry 2002 anthology criticism -
A Gregarious Culture : Australian Non-Fiction, 2001-02
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 100-115)
— Review of How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia 2002 selected work short story essay criticism ; Republics of Ideas : Republicanism Culture Visual Arts 2001 anthology essay ; Storykeepers 2001 anthology essay criticism ; Words for Country : Landscape and Language in Australia 2002 anthology non-fiction ; The Writer's Reader : A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry 2002 anthology criticism ; From the Front : Being the Observations of Mr. A.B. (Banjo) Paterson : Special War Correspondent in South Africa : November 1899 to July 1900,for the Argus, the Sydney Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald 2000 selected work prose correspondence autobiography ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 20 no. 2 October 2001 periodical issue ; Homage to John Forbes 2002 anthology criticism biography poetry interview autobiography ; David Malouf : A Celebration 2001 anthology essay criticism ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 1 2001 selected work diary ; Always Unreliable : The Memoirs 2001 selected work autobiography ; Passions of the First Wave Feminists 2001 single work criticism ; A Gregarious Culture : Topical Writings of Miles Franklin 2001 selected work column correspondence prose review criticism autobiography interview
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Who's the Reader?
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 7 no. 1 2003;
— Review of The Writer's Reader : A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry 2002 anthology criticism -
A Gregarious Culture : Australian Non-Fiction, 2001-02
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 100-115)
— Review of How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia 2002 selected work short story essay criticism ; Republics of Ideas : Republicanism Culture Visual Arts 2001 anthology essay ; Storykeepers 2001 anthology essay criticism ; Words for Country : Landscape and Language in Australia 2002 anthology non-fiction ; The Writer's Reader : A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry 2002 anthology criticism ; From the Front : Being the Observations of Mr. A.B. (Banjo) Paterson : Special War Correspondent in South Africa : November 1899 to July 1900,for the Argus, the Sydney Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald 2000 selected work prose correspondence autobiography ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 20 no. 2 October 2001 periodical issue ; Homage to John Forbes 2002 anthology criticism biography poetry interview autobiography ; David Malouf : A Celebration 2001 anthology essay criticism ; The Diaries of Donald Friend. Volume 1 2001 selected work diary ; Always Unreliable : The Memoirs 2001 selected work autobiography ; Passions of the First Wave Feminists 2001 single work criticism ; A Gregarious Culture : Topical Writings of Miles Franklin 2001 selected work column correspondence prose review criticism autobiography interview -
Archival Salvage : History’s Reef and the Wreck of the Historical Novel
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-21) 'In recent years debates about the ethics of portraying Indigenous subjects and subject matter have almost been superseded by circular debates about 'true' Australian history and who has the right to tell it. This has been disappointing in a context of the morally and formally imaginative speculations of historians such as Tom Griffiths, Fiona Paisley, Stephen Kinnane and Greg Dening, and also in a context of Indigenous studies Professor Marcia Langton's evidently too-hopeful calls for the activation of a shared cultural space. But as this local debate has become more heated, more public, the oddest spectacle of all in recent years was the recent lambasting of historical novelists.
Novelist Kate Grenville was a particular target of attack. Notable historians such as Mark McKenna, John Hirst and Inga Clendinnen vociferously condemned dramatic accounts of the past as anachronistic, unethical and, most curious of all in relation to the fictioneer's job description, untrue. I revisit the 'history wars' stoush to argue that these historians overlooked the suasion of broader, local political battles to determine and culturally enshrine particular narratives of Australian pasts; I argue that they also eschewed the linguistic turn of postmodernism and the contributions made therein by prominent historical scholars in their own field such as Hayden White and Dominic LaCapra. The paper finally shows how Grenville, Kim Scott and other novelists have engaged with colonial archival materials, deploying particular narrative techniques that enable them to generate compelling postcolonial dramatisations of colonial pasts. (Author's abstract)
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