Literary portrayal

The Tichborne case provided Marcus Clarke with the material of John Rex's impersonation of Richard Devine in His Natural Life Arthur Orton, a butcher…

In Thomas Keneally's four published novels, tendencies which we have grown familiar with in the fiction of H. H. Richardson Christina Stead, Patrick White, Hal…

Discusses Lawrence’s image of Australia as presented in his novel Kangaroo. Argues that Lawrence saw Australia essentially ‘as an alien, primeval, indifferent land, sombre…

The form of Kangaroo has found few admirers. John Middleton Murry described it as 'a chaotic book. It has many passages of great descriptive beauty…

In some of the well-known poems there is a strength and muscularity which belies the delicacy of 'Colombine', the homely bliss of 'the yellow pleasure…

No Australian poet defies criticism as surely as John Shaw Neilson Despite his unevenness, the unostentatious subtlety of his best work, and perhaps the stress…

Knight interviews Alan Yates, better known as Carter Brown, the English-born Australian writer of detective fiction.

‘This essay develops on the premise of imagining, which is the heart of story-making: imagine the physicality of story. Imagine the deployment strategies, the covert…

The significance of recurrent imagery in Patrick White's novels, not only as it contributes to a distinctive stylistic texture but also as a vehicle for…

Despite its having the pioneering life as its subject and something like the family saga for its structure, Xavier Herbert's Capricornia (1938) has little in…

Discusses Winton's representations of femininity, and particularly the close relationship between self-harm and the female body. 'What is the effect of Winton—often perceived as a…

When an Aboriginal writer appropriates western literary forms to tell stories of pre-invasion tribal heritage and culture, there is little objection from many black or…

Discusses the growing (and shifting) interest of Australian writers in Asian cultures, religions and philosophies and gives an overview of the representation of Asia in…

Surveys poetry and verse, personal narratives and popular novels written by Australian women about the Great War. Finds as major preoccupations and concerns in this…

Like Patrick White and Randolph Stow. Christopher Koch explores in his fiction the post-colonial Australian identity, not in an exclusively political sense, but rather in…

Weller discusses the relationship between Aboriginal literature and (white) academia, and his approach to writing Aboriginality, particularly in terms of characterisation, form and style.

Compares Johnston's presentation of the circumstances of his life in the Meredith Trilogy with Kinnane's biography of Johnston.

Discusses Malouf’s ‘elusive’ fiction in the context of his poetry, concentrating on the treatment of common developing concerns.

The article compares Webb’s poem ’Lament’ with sculptures by the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. Although the two do not share any religious, philosophic or…

Although a handful of her stories have contemporary settings, most of Olga Masters' work celebrates 'the boredom, the horror and the glory' of small town…