| Description |
xvi, 254 pages : portraits (title page) ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
In the 1960s the National Library of Australia acquired the papers of Vane and Nettie Palmer, outstanding figures in twentieth-century Australian literary life. For more than sixty years the Palmers published novels, short stories, plays, poetry, criticism and biography. They kept closely in touch with current social and political developments, and wrote copious letters to their contemporaries - particularly writers, both established and aspiring. This correspondence has been culled by Vivian Smith, an authority on the Palmers and their period, to provide a volume of outward letters to friends and acquaintances. Dr Smith's selection reveals the breadth of the Palmers' interests and the generosity of their concern for young writers' struggles, for the plight of Spain in the 1930s, for the problems of bringing up children, earning a living, and facing two world wars. The span of their letters provides an informed and lively perspective on this century. Through these day-to-day responses runs a constant theme: the need for Australians to assume a responsible national stance in politics, in public affairs and in the Palmers' own profession, literature. They lament, in an entirely modern voice, the inconsecutive nature of Australian culture, the derivative admirations of academics and the public, and the philistinism evident in so much of our national life. This book shows the tireless leadership the Palmers gave to the producing and encouraging of creative literary work in Australia -- Inside cover |
| Analysis |
English literature. Australian writers, 1890-1945: Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959 & Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964. Correspondence |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964.
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Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959.
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Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964 -- Correspondence.
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Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959 -- Correspondence.
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Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Critics -- Australia -- Correspondence.
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Literature teachers -- Australia -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence.
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| Author |
Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964.
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Smith, Vivian Brian.
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National Library of Australia.
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| LC no. |
78313889 |
| ISBN |
0642991006 |
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0642991022 (Paperback) |
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