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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch
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'"If the essay should come to displace the novel in popular favour, it would be a clear sign of an advance in civilization." - Walter Murdoch

Sir Walter Murdoch was Foundation Professor of English at The University of Western Australia. Throughout the twentieth century, he was also a bestselling author: in the weekly essays he contributed to The Argus and other newspapers and in the books that sold in their tens of thousands.

Irony was a key element in his approach, as was a lightness of touch in the treatment of his topics, from literature and social commentary to discourse on language. This selection by Imre Salusinszky restores this wonderful writer's work back into print for a new generation of readers.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication:
    MATT PRICE
    1961-2007

Contents

* Contents derived from the Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tripe and Onions, Walter Murdoch , extract essay (p. 17-22)
The Bloke, Walter Murdoch , single work essay (p. 23-29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 2011 .
      image of person or book cover 3730621331983013269.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Edited and introduced by Imre Salusinzky; foreword by Rupert Murdoch.
      • Partial contents indexed. Remainder pending.
      ISBN: 9781742582757 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

[Review] On Rabbits, Morality, Etc. Robyn Douglass , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 4 no. 2 2012;

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Everything under the Sun, Brilliantly Robert Willson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 July 2011; (p. 31)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Irony Man Geordie Williamson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 July 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2 July 2011; (p. 34)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Classic for the Common Reader : From the Collected Essays of Walter Murdoch the Bloke Imre Salusinszky , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 -3 July 2011; (p. 3)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Review : Non-Fiction Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 June 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Classic for the Common Reader : From the Collected Essays of Walter Murdoch the Bloke Imre Salusinszky , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 -3 July 2011; (p. 3)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Non-Fiction Fiona Capp , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2 July 2011; (p. 34)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Irony Man Geordie Williamson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 July 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
Everything under the Sun, Brilliantly Robert Willson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 July 2011; (p. 31)

— Review of On Rabbits, Morality, etc. : Selected Writings of Walter Murdoch 2011 selected work essay extract
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