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A long and winding road : Xavier Herbert's literary journey / Sean Monahan.
Van Pelt Library PR9619.3.H38 Z73 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monahan, Sean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbert, Xavier, 1901-1984--Criticism and interpretation.
- Herbert, Xavier.
- Herbert, Xavier, 1901-1984.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Herbert, Xavier, 1901-1984. Poor fellow my country.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 322 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Part I The Short Stories
- Chapter 1 An Apprenticeship in Popular Romance 11
- Part II Capricornia
- Chapter 2 The Great Leap Forward 24
- Chapter 3 In Praise of the Swagman Spirit 46
- Part III The Middle Period
- Chapter 4 Aboriginality as Subject, Symbol and Setting 63
- Chapter 5 Confession and Psycho-sexual Theorising 84
- Chapter 6 Confession and the Construction of Character 109
- Chapter 7 Didacticism and the Role of Romance 134
- Chapter 8 Curiouser and Curiouser: The Style Thickens 153
- Part IV Poor Fellow My Country
- Chapter 9 The Rule of Old Zave 171
- Chapter 10 An Anatomy of Australia 186
- Chapter 11 Colonials and Carpetbaggers 207
- Chapter 12 The Tragedy of Jeremy Delacy 233
- Chapter 13 The Myth of Golden Prindy 248.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 187626893X
- OCLC:
- 52739810
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