Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Recovery From Amnesia; 2. Voss; 3. A Fringe of Leaves; 4. Riders in the Chariot; Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index
Summary
The time for new approaches to White's work is overdue. Central to the present study are Edward Said's ideas about the role of the intellectual (and the writer) - of speaking "truth to power," and also the importance of tracing the "affiliations" of a text and its embeddedness in the world. This approach is not incompatible with Jung's theory of the 'great' artist and his capacity to answer the deep-seated psychic needs of his people. White's work has contributed in many different ways to the writing of the nation. The spiritual needs of a young nation such as Australia must also comprehend it
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index
