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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... vol. 2 no. 4 May 2007 of The Australian Literary Review est. 2006 The Australian Literary Review
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Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.
  • The front cover of this issue carries a colour reproduction of Louis Kahan's 1962 Archibald Prize-winning painting, Patrick White.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Our Invisible Collosus, Elizabeth Webby , single work criticism (p. 3, 10)
Note: port. (Patrick White)
Falling into the Mirror, Janette Turner Hospital , single work essay
Janet Turner Hospital traces various literary and musical treatments of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
(p. 6-7)
Courting Disaster, Peter Craven , single work review
— Review of Orpheus Lost Janette Turner Hospital , 2007 single work novel ;
(p. 7)
Tall Tales and True in Chapter and Verse, Peter Goldsworthy , single work review
— Review of El Dorado Dorothy Porter , 2007 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse Geoff Page , 2006 single work novel ; Fredy Neptune Les Murray , 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)
(p. 12-13, 27)
The Rainbow Anglei"We are standing close enough to kiss,", Kathryn Lomer , single work poetry (p. 20)
Transit of Venusi"Four pink and grey galahs fall from the old acacia", Kathryn Lomer , single work poetry (p. 20)
Indian Weddingi"It's the season for Indian weddings", Kathryn Lomer , single work poetry (p. 20)
The View from Outside, Inga Clendinnen , single work review
— Review of Another Country Nicolas Rothwell , 2007 selected work prose ;
(p. 21-22)
Surviving a Bootprint on the Page, Gail Jones , single work essay
In the context of the imminent publication of her novel Sorry, Jones explores the challenges 'for the writer contemplating issues of justice', focussing in particular on responses to Indigenous Australia. She identifies two issues - the need for 'de-individualising' and a resistance to succumbing to melancholy.
(p. 24-25)
Renaissance Man, Peter Ryan , single work correspondence
Peter Ryan corrects an error in Frank Moorhouse's 'A Balance between Sense and Sensibility'. Moorhouse stated the W. A. Osborne was professor of English at the University of Melbourne; in fact, he was professor of Physiology.
(p. 26)

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