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Novel in verse form.
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Prequel to Coda for Shirley.
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Coda for Shirley
Carindale
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Interactive Publications
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2011
Z1823976
2011
single work
novel
'Coda for Shirley follows the problems that ensue after the 90 year-old protagonist Shirley leaves her money to her two grandsons as opposed to her pair of problematic daughters.' (Trove record)
Works about this Work
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The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 8 2007; (p. 60)
— Review of Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
Poetry : A Survey of Verse Novels
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 57-60)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; The Barrier Range: A Journey to Broken Hill: Burke and Wills 2006 single work novel -
'So You Make a Shadow' : Australian Poetry in Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 81-98)
— Review of Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry ; All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry ; The Escape Sonnets and Other Poetry 2006 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 2006 selected work poetry ; Ocean Island 2006 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations 2007 selected work poetry ; Excess Baggage and Claim 2007 selected work poetry ; The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006 selected work poetry ; Typewriter Music 2007 selected work poetry ; Fredy Neptune 1998 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; A Difficult Faith : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; The City of Empty Rooms 2006 selected work poetry ; Helen of Troy and Other Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 293 2007; (p. 63)
— Review of Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel
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Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 January 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
From One-Eyed Jack to a Grand Cadenza
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 February 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 February 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
Tall Tales and True in Chapter and Verse
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 2 no. 4 2007; (p. 12-13, 27)
— Review of El Dorado 2007 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; Fredy Neptune 1998 single work novel 'Australian poets are leading a revival of the ancient art of the verse novel, a genre as user-friendly as movies that deserves a wider readership.' (Editor's abstract) -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 293 2007; (p. 63)
— Review of Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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