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Nine lives / Susan Sheridan.

By: Publication details: St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2011.Description: 282 p. : ports. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780702238680 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Nine lives : Postwar women writers making their mark
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A820.99287 22
LOC classification:
  • PR9608 .S44 2011
Contents:
Summary: 'The woman writer's return to publication after periods of silence resembles the nine lives of the legendary cat.' The traditional view of postwar Australian literature shows a scene of flourishing male writers, with women confined to the domestic sphere.
List(s) this item appears in: Stage 6 History: Movements for change in 20th century - A8: Women's movements
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 820.99287 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67418

Cover subtitle: Postwar women writers making their mark.

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

Judith Wright sets her course -- Thea Astley: charting a new country -- Dorothy Hewett's second run -- Rosemary Dobson: a clear vocation -- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green: woman of letters -- Gwen Harwood takes on the poetry pundits -- Jessica Anderson: success delayed -- Amy Witting's struggle to say 'I' -- Elizabeth Jolley: an outsider comes in from the cold.

'The woman writer's return to publication after periods of silence resembles the nine lives of the legendary cat.' The traditional view of postwar Australian literature shows a scene of flourishing male writers, with women confined to the domestic sphere.

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