Nine lives / Susan Sheridan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheridan, Susan, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, Australian--20th century.

Women authors, Australian.

Australian literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Australian literature.

Australian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Other Title:

Nine lives : Postwar women writers making their mark

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the decades after World War II, the literary scene in Australia flourished: local writers garnered international renown and local publishers sought and produced more Australian books. The traditional view of this postwar period is of successful male writers, with women still confined to the domestic sphere. In Nine Lives, Susan Sheridan rewrites the pages of history to foreground the women writers who contributed equally to this literary renaissance. Sheridan traces the early careers of nine Australian women writers born between 1915 and 1925, who each achieved success between the mi

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Also by Susan Sheridan; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Judith Wright sets her course; Chapter Two: Thea Astley: Charting a new country; Chapter Three: Dorothy Hewett's second run; Chapter Four: Rosemary Dobson: A clear vocation; Chapter Five: Dorothy Auchterlonie Green: Woman of letters; Chapter Six: Gwen Harwood takes on the poetry pundits; Chapter Seven: Jessica Anderson: Success delayed; Chapter Eight: Amy Witting's struggle to say 'I'; Chapter Nine: Elizabeth Jolley: An outsider comes in from the cold; Epilogue

AcknowledgmentsSelect Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.

ISBN:

0-7022-4740-5

OCLC:

769342012