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Dedication: In Memoriam Barry McGuinley (Mr Mac)
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Contents
- Circulating Correspondence : Rosendo Salvado's Letters in Galicia and Andalusia, single work criticism (p. 21-37)
- Bishop Salvado, Founder of New Norcia : Between Acculturation and Colonization, single work criticism (p. 39-65)
- The Diaries of the Galician Rosendo Salvado. Chronicle of a Spanish Mission in Western Australia, single work criticism (p. 67-83)
- Voices from the Past : An Interview with Alf Taylor, Susan Ballyn (interviewer), single work interview (p. 147-159)
- How Close or Far are Australia and Galicia? Neighbours and Mareas Visas : A Case Study, single work criticism (p. 213-222)
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Many Spaces and Many Worlds : The Quest for a Place which is Home in David Malouf's Fly Away Peter,
single work
criticism
'Choosing a perspective from which to study David Malouf's very successful novel Fly Away Peter (1982) is certainly a challenging task, since the plot is a rich texture of many multifaceted themes and sub-themes. Europe and Australia, which provide the setting of the book are linked indifferent sways with almost all aspects of the novel. Whether it is considered a blidungsroman which presents the main characters' difficult journey towards adulthood or as a painful description of the horrors of World War I, the novel offers interesting and unusual perspectives from which to interpret the relationship between Australia and Europe. Indeed these two geographical and cultural dimensions are linked with one of the main motifs in the text, that is, with the characters' sense of dislocation and with their search for a sense of belonging. This article aims at exploring the ways in which , through this search, the borders between places slowly fade away n the story and a new notion of 'home' is built against the irremediable losses and divisions of the present...'(p. 239)
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Heroes and Mirrors : The Presence of Corunna in Murray Bail's Eucalyptus and Sally Morgan's My Place,
single work
criticism
'This paper traces the steps that have taken the toponymic 'Corunna' (a location in North-Western Spain, spelled 'Coruna' in Spanish) to the Australian works Eucalyptus (1998), by Murray Bail, and My Place (1987), by Sally Morgan.' (p. 257)
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Teenage Wasteland : Adolescents and Adolescence in M. J. Hyland's Novels,
single work
criticism
'This paper studies the presentation of adolescence in the two novels written my M.J. Hyland, How the Light Gets In (2003) and Carry Me Down (2006). After commenting on the trans-national basis of much contemporary fiction, and Hyland's relationship to both an Australian and an Irish literary system, we discuss the concept of 'grace' as a term for defining a certain set of perceived human qualities, and how the rupture between adolescent and adult society can be seen as the apparent result of mutually confused interpretations of such qualities. Both novels are examined through the relationship between the adolescent protagonists and the various social levels on which they are seen in the works.' (p. 275)
- "Stories That Take Root Become Like Things, Misshapen Things." Murray Bail's Eucalyptus : Contesting Traditional Narratives about the Land and Women in Australia?, single work criticism (p. 291-307)
- From Ireland to Australia : Gendered Illustrations of the Nation in Maria Edgeworth's Ennui and Rosa Praed's Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land, single work criticism (p. 309-319)
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Misfits in the Hands of Destiny : Peter Carey's Antipodean Conquest in Oscar and Lucinda,
single work
criticism
This essay examines quixotic features in Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda.
- The Vital Cartography of Jennifer Strauss's Poetry, single work criticism (p. 337-355)
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2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;
— Review of Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008 anthology criticism -
Australia and Galicia: Defeating the Tyranny of Distance/Australia e Galicia: vencendo a tiranía do afastamento
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 4 2010; (p. 39-41)
— Review of Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008 anthology criticism'‘Australia and Galicia: Defeating the Tyranny of Distance’ aims to fill a niche in scholarship of Australian and Galician relations. It includes contributions from authors from both antipodes, focusing on a variety of themes, in order to demonstrate their common past, present and future. The prologue, by Secretary of Immigration Manuel Luiz Rodriguez Gonzalez highlights a primary goal of the book, to inspire further conversation and knowledge. The historical and contemporary perspectives attempt to highlight the extensive relationship between Galicia and Australia, to demonstrate that despite great distances and differences, collaboration between cultures is possible. Together with the literary views, they highlight common experiences, values and characters, despite their contradictory and shifting identities and contexts.' (Introduction)
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Australia and Galicia: Defeating the Tyranny of Distance/Australia e Galicia: vencendo a tiranía do afastamento
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 4 2010; (p. 39-41)
— Review of Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008 anthology criticism'‘Australia and Galicia: Defeating the Tyranny of Distance’ aims to fill a niche in scholarship of Australian and Galician relations. It includes contributions from authors from both antipodes, focusing on a variety of themes, in order to demonstrate their common past, present and future. The prologue, by Secretary of Immigration Manuel Luiz Rodriguez Gonzalez highlights a primary goal of the book, to inspire further conversation and knowledge. The historical and contemporary perspectives attempt to highlight the extensive relationship between Galicia and Australia, to demonstrate that despite great distances and differences, collaboration between cultures is possible. Together with the literary views, they highlight common experiences, values and characters, despite their contradictory and shifting identities and contexts.' (Introduction)
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;
— Review of Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008 anthology criticism