| Description |
ix, 257 pages : 23 cm |
| Contents |
An Australian tragedy: Xavier Herbert's Poor fellow my country / Laurie Hergenhan -- "The splinters of the mind make a whole piece": Patrick White's The eye of the storm / Richard Wilson -- Tourmaline and the Tao te ching: Randolph Stow's Tourmaline / Helen Tiffin -- Victims Black and white: Thomas Keneally's The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Chris Tiffin -- Two difficult young men: Martin Boyd's A difficult young man, and Christina Stead's The people with the dogs / K.G. Hamilton -- "Where a man belongs": Hal Porter's The paper chase, and George Johnston's Clean straw for nothing / Alan Lawson -- Indulgence: David Martin's The hero of too, Frank Davison's The white thorntree, Dal Stiven's A horse of air, David Malouf's Johnno and Frank Hardy's But the dead are many / Cecil Hadgraft -- The new novel: David Ireland's The unknown industrial prisoner, Michael Wilding's The short story embassy, and Frank Moorhouse's The electrical experience / Leon Cantrell |
| Analysis |
Australian fiction 20th century History and criticism |
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Novels in English. Australian writers. Critical studies. Essays |
| Notes |
From the Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Australian fiction -- History and criticism.
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Australian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Hamilton, K. G. (Kenneth Gordon), 1921-
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| LC no. |
79307752 |
| ISBN |
0702212474 |
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0702212687 (misprinted on dustjacket) |
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