| Description |
xvii, 182 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
Yet they struck a chord in each other, seeing themselves in some way as 'outsiders'. They were both extraordinarily sensitive and reserved people; notice the delicacy and obliqueness with which they refer to personal problems, and the sympathy they quickly extend for each other's troubles and nervous ills |
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Manning Clark and Kathleen Fitzpatrick were influential Australian historians; they were both also gifted writers. Their personal letters, published for the first time in Dear Kathleen, Dear Manning, form a revealing and moving collection. They trace the gradual development over forty years of an unlikely, but deep and sympathetic friendship - one which became more and more important to the writers as they moved into old age. Clark's left-wing politics contrasted with Fitzpatrick's staunch liberalism; her privileged background was very different from his more austere upbringing: her stately demeanour was at odds with his studied larrikinism. Manning Clark took to the public stage, while Kathleen Fitzpatrick remained resolutely private |
| Analysis |
Clark, Manning |
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History |
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick |
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Writing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages 175-176 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Clark, C. M. H. (Charles Manning Hope), 1915-1991 -- Correspondence.
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Clark, C. M. H. (Charles Manning Hope), 1915-1991 -- Correspondence.
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Clark, C. M. H. (Charles Manning Hope), 1915-1991.
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Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 1905-1990 -- Correspondence.
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Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 1905-1990 -- Correspondence.
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Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Historians -- Australia -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence.
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| Author |
Davies, Susan Louvain, editor
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Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 1905-1990, author
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| LC no. |
97106523 |
| ISBN |
052284703X |
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