Showing 6 items matching "literary criticism - australia"
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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Robin Gerster, Big-noting: The historic theme in Australian war writing, 1992
... ...literary criticism - australia...war and literature - australia literary criticism - australia This book explores the propagandist tendency in Australian war writing in promoting nationalist tendencies. ...This book explores the propagandist tendency in Australian war writing in promoting nationalist tendencies.Index, Notes, ill (b/w), p.258.non-fictionThis book explores the propagandist tendency in Australian war writing in promoting nationalist tendencies.war and literature - australia, literary criticism - australia -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage ParkBook - Local history book, Nettie Palmer, The Dandenongs, 1953 (Second Edition)
... She played a seminal role in establishing the canons of Australian literary criticism but she also wrote widely on world literature. ...She played a seminal role in establishing the canons of Australian literary criticism but she also wrote widely on world literature. ...Janet Gertrude (Nettie) Palmer (1885-1964), writer and critic, was born on 18 August 1885 at Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria. Nettie's education began at home with her mother and continued at Miss Rudd's Seminary at Malvern. In 1900-04 she attended Presbyterian Ladies' College. n 1905 Nettie enrolled at the University of Melbourne (B.A., 1909; M.A., 1912). She was awarded the exhibition and first-class honours in first-year English and gained honours in modern languages. The Palmers returned to Melbourne in 1915 and moved to Katharine Prichard's cottage at Emerald. Between 1918-19 she lived with her aunt Ina Higgins, returning to Emerald living at Rose Charman Cottage in the early 1920s. Nettie emerged as possibly the most important literary critic in Australia. After the publication of Modern Australian Literature 1900-1923 (1924), a landmark in criticism which won the Lothian essay prize, she had many more regular outlets, notably her weekly literary causerie in the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail (212 articles in 5½ years), the Brisbane Courier, All About Books and the Bulletin Red Page. Nettie was committed to the development of a national literature as a means of achieving a more enlightened community. Much of her writing dealt with the themes, subjects and idiom of Australian writers, notably Henry Handel Richardson. She played a seminal role in establishing the canons of Australian literary criticism but she also wrote widely on world literature. Some of her essays were published in Talking it Over (1932); her 1928 anthology, An Australian Story-Book, set standards for the short story. Nettie's lively correspondence from Caloundra, and from 1929 from Melbourne, established a network of contact and encouragement between many Australian and overseas writers and intellectuals, and especially for young women writers such as Marjorie Barnard and Eleanor Dark for whom she provided an anchor. In 1931 she published her biography, Henry Bournes Higgins, and in 1934 she co-edited The Centenary Gift Book. Active in the Australian Literature Society, the Verse-Speaking Association, and later the Fellowship of Australian Writers, she lectured and broadcasted.The book is socially, artistically and historically significant as it is an account of the gradual settlement of the Dandenongs, and Nettie Palmer was a significant figure in Australian art circlesRed hard cover book with buff dust jacket, dust jacket protected with plastic cover.$4.95 (crosses out), 200,$1707 263dandenongs, book, nettie, palmer -
Bendigo Military MuseumLiterary work - POEM, "AUSTRALIANS"
... criticisms of Australian Soldiers drinking in Durban. Part of the collection of V E Giudice. Refer Cat No. 10031P Overall part of the collection of William Thomason Cat No. 4136P. Collection of William (Bill) Thomason Poetry WW1 Scribbled on back "These pieces of Poetry were given to us by Miss Campbell who did so much for the boys of South Africa” Folded over piece of cream paper containing on the two inside pages, a six stanza poem, titled "Australians". A description of why written and following by the poem. "AUSTRALIANS" Literary ...Poem signed Ellie Campbell and written in reaction to overheard criticisms of Australian Soldiers drinking in Durban. Part of the collection of V E Giudice. Refer Cat No. 10031P Overall part of the collection of William Thomason Cat No. 4136P.Folded over piece of cream paper containing on the two inside pages, a six stanza poem, titled "Australians". A description of why written and following by the poem. Scribbled on back "These pieces of Poetry were given to us by Miss Campbell who did so much for the boys of South Africa”collection of william (bill) thomason, poetry, ww1 -
Robin Boyd FoundationLetter, Peter Ryan, Peter Ryan (Melb Uni Press) to Robin Boyd, 08.02.1971
... This letter from Ryan provides detailed comments and major and minor criticisms of the text of Robin Boyd's manuscript for 'The Great, Great, Australian Dream'. He suggests Peter Grose of Curtis brown as a literary agent, and suggests a publisher....This letter from Ryan provides detailed comments and major and minor criticisms of the text of Robin Boyd's manuscript for 'The Great, Great, Australian Dream'. He suggests Peter Grose of Curtis brown as a literary agent, and suggests a publisher. ...This letter from Ryan provides detailed comments and major and minor criticisms of the text of Robin Boyd's manuscript for 'The Great, Great, Australian Dream'. He suggests Peter Grose of Curtis brown as a literary agent, and suggests a publisher.Typewritten, quarto, 3 pages. -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.Magazine - Magazine, quarterly, Stephen Murray-Smith, Overland - Eureka Centenary Number, 1954-1955
... Australia’s only radical literary magazine – has been showcasing brilliant and progressive fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art since 1954. The magazine has published some of Australia’s most iconic writers, and continues to give space to underrepresented voices and brand-new literary talent every single day. In Overland’s very first edition in 1954, Stephen Murray-Smith noted that the magazine would ‘publish poetry and short stories, articles and criticism ...Second issue of poetry magazine Overland founded by Stephen Murray-Smith in 1954. Overland – Australia’s only radical literary magazine – has been showcasing brilliant and progressive fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art since 1954. The magazine has published some of Australia’s most iconic writers, and continues to give space to underrepresented voices and brand-new literary talent every single day. In Overland’s very first edition in 1954, Stephen Murray-Smith noted that the magazine would ‘publish poetry and short stories, articles and criticism by new and by established writers. It will aim high … [but] will make a special point of developing writing talent in people of diverse backgrounds. We ask of our readers, however inexpert, that they write for us; that they share our love of living, our optimism, our belief in the traditional dream of a better Australia.’ (from Overland website) overland, dr h.v.evatt, vance palmer, hugh anderson, laurence collinson, jack lindsay -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Essays on Poetry, Dr. Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1857
... This volume of Lives of the Poets is a landmark of English literary criticism and biography still read, studied, and cited today and central to Johnson's reputation as, in the words of the Concise Oxford Companion, one of the most influential critics in the language, although the work was also criticised for its omissions, notably of women poets, and for some prejudiced judgements. Its real interest here is more historical and provenance-related — it provides a nice window into colonial-era Australian ...The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (often called Lives of the Poets) is Samuel Johnson's collection of 52 short biographies and critical essays on English poets, most from the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged roughly by date of death. Originally commissioned by a group of London booksellers as prefaces to a multi-volume anthology of poetry, Johnson ended up writing far more than intended the "prefaces" grew into full biographical-critical essays. It was first published in 1779–81 (as Prefaces, Biographical and Critical), then reissued under this now-familiar title. His essays on Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope in particular were quickly recognised as setting a new standard for English literary biography.Hard cover book. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets Author: Samuel Johnson Publisher: George Clark & Co Date: 1857 Further Information: Green Cloth hardcover reprinted edition with lettering to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (often called Lives of the Poets) is Samuel Johnson's collection of 52 short biographies and critical essays on English poets, most from the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged roughly by date of death. Originally commissioned by a group of London booksellers as prefaces to a multi-volume anthology of poetry, Johnson ended up writing far more than intended the "prefaces" grew into full biographical-critical essays. It was first published in 1779–81 (as Prefaces, Biographical and Critical), then reissued under this now-familiar title. His essays on Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope in particular were quickly recognised as setting a new standard for English literary biography.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the lives of the most eminent english poets, samuel johnson
