Title As good as a yarn with you : letters between Miles Franklin, Katherine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark / edited by Carole Ferrier

Published Cambridge, [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description ix, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Series Susan Crooke Memorial Collection Susan Crooke Memorial Collection Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Notes on editorial philosophy and practice -- Introduction -- The letters -- Chronology -- References -- Biographical notes -- Bibliography of correspondents' main published works -- Location of letters -- Index -- Note on sources Summary "This is a fascinating collection of the correspondence between six Australian women writers in the years 1930 to 1957 and unpublished until now. Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark discuss their work, their personal lives and their views of the world in letters which were written with the purpose of providing sympathetic support and which became a source of friendship." "Each of the women was centrally engaged with the social and political issues of her time, and these letters appear as a continuing dialogue, written through the Depression with all its struggles and militancy, the nationalism and chauvinism of the Second World War and the conservatism of the Cold War. They read as a narrative, capturing these social and political issues, as well as discussing literary styles and successes and confronting difficult personal questions." "As non-fictional writing, the correspondence perhaps best articulates the complexity of the women's lives and the clashes between their private and the public worlds in a way which more polished literary genres fail to do. Thus it is both a companion to the literary output of the six writers and a collection which can stand alone." "The letters themselves are funny, serious, often beautifully written and at times breathtakingly honest and moving. Their publication, annotated and complemented by Carole Ferrier's background information and careful editing, makes an exciting contribution to Australian women's studies and will be welcomed by the general reader."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Australia English fiction Australian literature History Women Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Barnard, Marjorie, 1897-1987. Dark, Eleanor, 1901-1985. Devanny, Jean, 1894-1962. Eldershaw, Flora, 1897-1956. Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954. Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1884-1969. Australia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Australian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Australian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Women authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Women and literature. Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Women and literature -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Women and literature -- Australia. Women authors, Australian -- Correspondence. SUBJECT Australia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114303 Genre/Form Fiction. Personal correspondence. Author Ferrier, Carole. LC no. 91024221 ISBN 0521393140 0521576334 (paperback)

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