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'A Woman of the Future, first published in 1979, was David Ireland’s best-selling sixth novel and his third to win the Miles Franklin Award.
'An imaginative tour de force, it is the story of the young life of Anthea Hunt—from conception to sexual awakening. It is controversial and brilliant, and unlike anything else in Australian literature.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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My Father Didn’t Write That : I Did: on A Woman of the Future
2018
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2018;'Surfing for new commentary on novelist David Ireland, I come across a blog post by Bill Holloway, truck driver and literary scholar, about Ireland’s 1979 novel, A Woman of the Future:
'I re-read this novel to see how it intersected with my idea of the Independent Woman, but from the perspective of the 2000s, the woman of David Ireland’s future turns out to be not so independent after all, or at least not in any way Miles Franklin or even Kylie Tennant would have understood, but just a compilation of all the author’s wet dreams.' (Introduction)
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What I’m Reading
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2016; -
Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
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Studies of Indeterminacy in the Australian Novel
Rome
:
Bulzoni
,
1999
Z792101
1999
single work
criticism
Contains studies of three Australian novelists:
- "A web of possibilities : Such is life by Joseph Furphy", pp.15-69 and Appendices 209-12.
- "Parables of innocence and experience : three novels by Christina Stead", pp.71-141 and Appendices 213-18.
- "De-negotiating the business of living : A woman of the future by David Ireland", pp.143-208 and Appendices 219-20. Also contains a preface, pp.9-13 and a bibliography, pp.221-237.
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[Review] A Woman of the Future
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 18-19 July 1998; (p. 39)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel
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Recent Fiction : Futurism and Other Projections
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 39 no. 2 1980; (p. 260-269)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; Long Live Sandawara : A Novel 1979 single work novel ; Confederates 1979 single work novel ; Hemlock 1979 single work novel ; The Twyborn Affair 1979 single work novel -
Borderline
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 8-9)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
[Review] A Woman of the Future
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 November 1979; (p. 18)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel -
[Review] A Woman of the Future
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 16 1979; (p. 4-5)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel -
[Review] A Woman of the Future
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 December 1979; (p. 12)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel - y Treacherous Sands : Limit and Transgression in David Ireland's A Woman of the Future 1985 Z1053300 1985 single work thesis
- y The Construction of Femininity and Female Sexuality in Contemporary Australian Fiction : A Reading of Four Novels 1990 Z1053323 1990 single work thesis
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Inheritors of the Dead Heart : Magical realism in 'These People' and 'Falling Petals' by Ben Ellis.
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 48 2006; (p. 189-202) -
Belinda Giese, an Interview with David Ireland : 26 August 1985
Belinda Giese
(interviewer),
1988
single work
interview
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 20 1988; (p. 15) -
Butterflies Flew Free : David Ireland's Australia
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: True North/Down Under , no. 2 1984; (p. 75-86)
Awards
- 1981 highly commended National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
- 1980 joint winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Book of the Year
- 1980 commended New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 1979 winner Miles Franklin Literary Award