Description |
xiii, 130 pages ; 25 cm |
Series |
ANSOG monographs |
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ANSOG monographs
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Contents |
The Art of Australian Political Biography -- Political Biography: Its Contribution to Political Science -- Recording Non-Labor Politics Through Biography -- The 'Life Myth', 'Short Lives' and Dealing with Live Subjects in Political Biography -- Public Lives, Private Lives: the Fundamental Dilemma in Political Biography -- Expanding the Repertoire: Theory, Method and Language in Political Biography -- John Curtin: Taking his Childhood Seriously -- Ministers, Prime Ministers, Mandarins: Politics as a Job -- Biography and the Rehabilitation of the Subject: The Case of John Gorton -- Aboriginality and Impersonality: Three Australian Indigenous Administrative Memoirs -- Writing Political Biography -- Jessie Street and the New Political Biography -- Conjuring Fascinating Stories: the Case of Sir Arthur Tange -- Anonymous in Life, Anonymous in Death: Memoirs and Biographies of Administrators -- The Personal Writings of Politicians -- Writing Political Autobiographies -- Political Biographies and Administrative Memoirs: Some Concluding Comments |
Summary |
Brings together some of the best practitioners of the craft of political biography in Australia. These papers explore the strengths and weaknesses of the biographical approach; the problems and frustrations of writing biographies and the various ways projects can be approached by those constructing these lives |
Analysis |
Australia - Politics and government |
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Campaign biography - Australia |
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Authorship |
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Biography as a literary form |
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Political science - Authorship |
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Politicians - Australia - Biography |
Notes |
"The Australia and New Zealand School of Government"--Cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-128) and index |
Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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English |
Subject |
Technical writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Politicians -- Australia -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Campaign biography -- Australia.
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Authorship.
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Political science -- Authorship.
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Biography as a literary form.
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Politicians -- Australia -- Biography.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Author |
Arklay, Tracey.
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Nethercote, J. R.
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Wanna, John.
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Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
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LC no. |
2007405586 |
ISBN |
1920942734 paperback |
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1920942742 online |
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