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'Manning Clark is Australia's most influential historian, and his work continues to set agendas and generate debate long after his death. This selection of his letters offers an unparalleled view of the complex intellectual and emotional life of this controversial figure.
'From his time as a young man at Oxford in the late 1930s, to his final days half a century later, he maintained a lively and erudite correspondence with family and with a wide range of public figures and other people. With an immediacy not visible in Clark's published work, his letters reveal his life-long struggle to tell the story of his country. They also embody his hopes for Australia and the dismay he felt about many trends he saw emerging in the closing decades of the twentieth century.
'The letters track a progression from academic to public sage, as well as the influence of his personal life upon his work. Correspondence from his travels to the Soviet Union, the USA and other countries reflect a biting insight as well as attitudes that might surprise the many who have accused him of left-wing bias.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Launched at Manning Clark House, Canberra, ACT, 1 August 2008 by Bill Gammage.
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Dedication: For Michael Jones and in memory of Manning and Dymphna
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Archives and Manuscripts , May vol. 39 no. 1 2011; (p. 249-252)
— Review of Manning Clark : A Life 2008 single work biography ; Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 4 no. 1 2010;
— Review of Manning Clark : A Life 2008 single work biography ; Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Book Notes
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , September vol. 40 no. 3 2009; (p. 394)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Editing Manning Clark's Letters
2009
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— Appears in: ACTWrite , May vol. 15 no. 4 2009; (p. 4-5) Roslyn Russell outlines her aims and methodology in preparing for publication a volume of Manning Clark's letters. -
Affectionate Intensity
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 194 2009; (p. 84-86)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence
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Letters from the Heart
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2008; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Pleading Heart
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 3 no. 7 2008; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
A Tragic Grandeur
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 2008; (p. 15)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Being Manning
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 7-8)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Affectionate Intensity
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 194 2009; (p. 84-86)
— Review of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 2008 selected work correspondence -
Finding Manning Clark in the Letters
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , October vol. 18 no. 1 2007; (p. 15-18) -
Man of the House Now on the Page
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 August 2008; (p. 7) A brief report on the Canberra launch by Professor Bill Gammage of Ever, Manning: Selected Correspondence of Manning Clark, 1938-1991 at Manning Clark House, Forrest, August 2008. -
Editing Manning Clark's Letters
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , May vol. 15 no. 4 2009; (p. 4-5) Roslyn Russell outlines her aims and methodology in preparing for publication a volume of Manning Clark's letters.