| Description |
xviii, 381 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Which Never Sleeps or Dies. The All of Orwell. Hitler's Unwitting Exculpator. Postscript to Goldhagen -- Writers in Their Time. Mark Twain, Journalist. Casanova Comes Again. Bertrand Russell Struggles After Heaven. Karl's Strange Engine. Getting Larkin's Number -- Un-American Film Directors. Pier Paolo Pain in the Neck. Mondo Fellini. Who Was that Masked Man? -- Front-Page Monarchy. Plain-Clothes Police State. Requiem. Postscript to a Requiem -- Different Occasions. Incident at St. Denis. The Year It Didn't Happen. Destination Europe. A Voice is Born. Peter Cook. My Life in Pop -- Emphasis on Oz. Les Murray and His Master Spirits. George Russell: a Reminiscence. Preface to an Australian Classic. Running Beside Ron Clarke. On the List. Up Here from Down There. Let's Talk About Us -- Written to Be Spoken. Hamlet in Perspective. Bring Back the Overqualified. Presenting the Richard Dimbleby Award. Anzac Day Dawn Service Address -- Catching Up. The Gentle Slope to Castalia. Noble Talking Heads. Beachcomber's Stuff -- Postcards from the Olympics. A Note from the Official Programme of the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, 2000. Carry That Torch. Thorpie, Hoogie and the Golden Lolly. Prelude to Cathy. Second Week in Sydney. Olympic Crescendo. Olympics Finale |
| Analysis |
Social conditions |
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Popular culture |
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Overseas item |
| Subject |
Australian essays.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Essays.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
2001536090 |
| ISBN |
0330481762 paperback |
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