Australian classics : 50 great writers and their celebrated works
Gleeson-White, Jane2007
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Australian Classics celebrates our greatest works of literature and tells us why they matter and what they give us as readers. It is an inspired and inspiring feast of the great Australian books that make exalted readers of us all.
Main title:
Australian classics : 50 great writers and their celebrated works / by Jane Gleeson-White
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Imprint:
Crows Nest Allen & Unwin 2007
Collation:
338 p.
Contents:
1. Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood --2. Such is Life by Joseph Furphy -- 3. The Sick Stockrider by Adam Lindsay Gordon -- 4. His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke -- 5. The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton -- 6. The Man From Snowy River by Banjo Paterson -- 7. Nationality by Mary Gilmore -- 8. The Drovers Wife by Henry Lawson -- 9. Lilith by Christopher Brennan -- 10. Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner -- 11. The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson -- 12. The Gentle Water Bird by John Shaw Neilson -- 13. My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin -- 14. The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay -- 15. Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard -- 16. 10 for 66 and all that by Arthur Mailey -- 17. Lucinda Brayford by Martin Boyd -- 18. A Fortunate Life by AB Facey -- 19. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay -- 20. Five Bells by Kenn -- 21. Capricornia by Xavier Herbert -- 22. The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead -- 23. The Pea-pickers by Eve Langley -- 24. A Letter from Rome by AD Hope -- 25. Voss by Patrick White -- 26. My Brother Jack by George Johnston -- 27. Woman to Child by Judith Wright -- 28. Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson -- 29. Power Without Glory by Frank Hardy -- 30. No More Boomerang by Oodgeroo Noonuccal -- 31. Storm Boy by Colin Thiele -- 32. The Lucky Country by Donald Horne -- 33. Milk and Honey by Elizabeth Jolley -- 34. The Acolyte by Thea Astley -- 35. The Glass Canoe by David Ireland -- 36. The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey -- 37. The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard -- 38. An Imaginary Life by David Malouf -- 39. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally -- 40. Visitants by Randolph Stow -- 41. Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse -- 42. The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cycle by Les Murray -- 43. The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes -- 44. The Plains by Gerald Murnane -- 45. Monkey Grip by Helen Garner -- 46. Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe -- 47. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey -- 48. Lilians Story by Kate Grenville -- 49. My Place by Sally Morgan -- 50. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
ISBN:
9781741753417 (pbk)
Dewey class:
AUST820.9 AUS
Local class:
AUST820.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
4522
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