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The Lesson of 'The Yellow Sand' : Robert Drewe's Dissection of 'The Good Old Past' in The Drowner and Grace single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Lesson of 'The Yellow Sand' : Robert Drewe's Dissection of 'The Good Old Past' in The Drowner and Grace
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Argues that Robert Drewe's fiction questions nostalgia and notions of the 'the past' in the Australian psyche. Contends that Drewe has significantly broadened this focus in his most recent novels.

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    y separately published work icon Westerly vol. 51 November 2006 Z1354201 2006 periodical issue 2006 pg. 88-107
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'Grace of the Crocodiles' : Towards Deterritorialization Marc Delrez , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Engaging with Literature of Commitment : The Worldly Scholar (Volume 2) 2012; (p. 231-244)

'In an article entitled 'Minimal Selves,' Stuart Hall suggests that 'identity' is formed at the unstable point where the 'unspeakable' stories of subjectivity meet the narratives of history, of a culture.' This essay is an attempt to explore just such an articulation of identity, as it crystallizes at the boundary between the private and the public in one of Robert Drewe's most recent novels, Grace (2005)...' (From author's introduction 231)
'Grace of the Crocodiles' : Towards Deterritorialization Marc Delrez , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Engaging with Literature of Commitment : The Worldly Scholar (Volume 2) 2012; (p. 231-244)

'In an article entitled 'Minimal Selves,' Stuart Hall suggests that 'identity' is formed at the unstable point where the 'unspeakable' stories of subjectivity meet the narratives of history, of a culture.' This essay is an attempt to explore just such an articulation of identity, as it crystallizes at the boundary between the private and the public in one of Robert Drewe's most recent novels, Grace (2005)...' (From author's introduction 231)
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88-107 The Lesson of 'The Yellow Sand' : Robert Drewe's Dissection of 'The Good Old Past' in The Drowner and Gracesmall AustLit logo Westerly
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  • The Drowner Robert Drewe , 1996 single work novel
  • Grace Robert Drewe , 2005 single work novel
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