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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
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Contents indexed selectively.
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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.
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Our Invisible Collosus,
single work
criticism
(p. 3, 10)
Note: port. (Patrick White)
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Falling into the Mirror,
single work
essay
Janet Turner Hospital traces various literary and musical treatments of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Courting Disaster,
single work
review
— Review of Orpheus Lost 2007 single work novel ; (p. 7) -
Tall Tales and True in Chapter and Verse,
single work
review
— 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) - The Rainbow Anglei"We are standing close enough to kiss,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Transit of Venusi"Four pink and grey galahs fall from the old acacia", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Indian Weddingi"It's the season for Indian weddings", single work poetry (p. 20)
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The View from Outside,
single work
review
— Review of Another Country 2007 selected work prose ; (p. 21-22) -
Surviving a Bootprint on the Page,
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.
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Renaissance Man,
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.
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