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* Contents derived from the
Perth,
Western Australia,:University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature
, 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Land into Literature : The Western Australian Bush Seen by Some Early Writers and D.H. Lawrence Land into Literature : Western Australia Through British Eyes, single work criticism (p. 11-27)
- French Images of Australia, single work criticism (p. 29-38)
- Eurocentrism and Australian Science : Some Examples The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in Ultima Thule, single work criticism (p. 55-66)
- Another Planet : Landscape as Metaphor in Western Australian Theatre, single work criticism (p. 67-79)
- Rare Books in Western Australia : The Library of the Benedictine Monastery, New Norcia, single work criticism (p. 81-94)
- The Expatriate Vision of Peter Porter, single work criticism (p. 103-114)
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Maurice the Obscure: Provincial Expatriate in Search of a Voice,
single work
criticism
(p. 115-130)Zwicky investigates the advantages and disadvantages of exile for the creative process. Comparing Maurice Guest with Hardy's Jude, The Obscure, Zwicky examines their modern form and content, concluding that Richardson was unable to assert a distinct voice because she was an exile by temperament. Hardy's poetic voice can express "alienation and metaphysical isolation simultaneously" because "its identity [is] assured by history and a firm sense of its origins". Zwicky concludes that Richardson "repressed the lyricism that might have flowered in musical composition" but acknowledges that it surfaces in "arresting bursts" in Maurice Guest through Richardson's depiction of Louise.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Defining Australia Through its Writing
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 May 1990; (p. B11)
— Review of European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985 anthology prose criticism ; A Sense of Exile : Essays in the Literature of the Asia-Pacific Region 1988 anthology biography prose criticism ; The Unsparing Scourge : Australian Satirical Texts 1845-1860 1988 anthology poetry short story criticism biography -
Essays Explore Australian / European Links
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1989; (p. 156-157)
— Review of European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985 anthology prose criticism
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Essays Explore Australian / European Links
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1989; (p. 156-157)
— Review of European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985 anthology prose criticism -
Defining Australia Through its Writing
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 May 1990; (p. B11)
— Review of European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985 anthology prose criticism ; A Sense of Exile : Essays in the Literature of the Asia-Pacific Region 1988 anthology biography prose criticism ; The Unsparing Scourge : Australian Satirical Texts 1845-1860 1988 anthology poetry short story criticism biography
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