An unsentimental bloke : the life and work of C.J. Dennis
Butterss, Philip2014
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Place reservation for An unsentimental bloke : the life and work of C.J. DennisThe Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian culture. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a thug into a respectable image of Australian identity, and helped shape the Anzac legend. He was more popular than Paterson or Lawson.
Main title:
An unsentimental bloke : the life and work of C.J. Dennis / by Philip Butterss
Author:
Imprint:
Kent Town South Australia Wakefield Press 2014
Collation:
289 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some colour)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-280) and index.
Contents:
1. Where a youth dreamed dreams, 1876-1898 -- 2. Gadding about : the Critic and the Gadfly, 1898-1907 -- 3. Parnassus slope, 1908-1913 -- 4. Sunnyside and Sydney, 1913-1914 -- 5. Towards The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, 1915 -- 6. Laureate of the larrikin -- 7. Towards The Moods of Ginger Mick, 1915-1916 -- 8. Laureate of the Anzac -- 9. The Glugs of Gosh, 1917 -- 10. Diggers and timber getters, 1918-1919 -- 11. Ruin and reburnishing, 1920-1924 -- 12. The mingled joy and fret of newspaper life, 1924-1931 -- 13. The Singing Garden, 1932-1938 -- 14. Afterlife : the all-singing, all-dancing bloke, 1938-2000 -- 15. An ounce of sentiment, 2000-2010.
ISBN:
9781743052877 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY DENN
Language:
English
BRN:
7970
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | DENN | pbkAvailable |
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