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Dedication: For Bette with love and gratitude.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Head in a Jar
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 73 no. 3 2014; (p. 18-28) -
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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The Year's Work in Fiction : 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 50-58)
— Review of From : The Time We Have Taken 2007 extract novel ; Prime Cuts 2008 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007 anthology short story extract autobiography ; The Trout Opera 2007 single work novel ; Fear of Tennis 2007 single work novel ; The Complete Stories 2007 selected work short story ; Redfin 2007 selected work short story ; Rohypnol 2006 single work novel ; Breath 2008 single work novel ; The Last Sky 2008 single work novel ; Landscape of Farewell 2007 single work novel ; A History of the Beanbag : And Other Stories 2007 selected work short story ; Dead Birds 2007 single work novel ; Secrets of the Sea 2007 single work novel ; Other Country 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road 2007 single work novel ; Lilia's Secret 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 October 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel -
Australian Reads : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 October vol. 125 no. 6589 2007; (p. 55)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 87 no. 2 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel -
Into Another Heart of Darkness
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2007; (p. 14)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel -
Jarring, Strange but Still a Head of Its Time
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 September 2007; (p. 13)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel -
Australian Reads : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 October vol. 125 no. 6589 2007; (p. 55)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 single work novel -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 October 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Dead Birds 2007 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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Head in a Jar
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 73 no. 3 2014; (p. 18-28)
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