Nine lives / Susan Sheridan.
Publication details: St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2011.Description: 282 p. : ports. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780702238680 (pbk.)
- Nine lives : Postwar women writers making their mark
- 1900 - 1999
- Australian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Australian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
- Women authors, Australian -- 20th century
- Australian literature
- Australian literature -- Women authors
- Women authors, Australian
- Women authors, Australian -- 20th century
- Australian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
- Australian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- A820.99287 22
- PR9608 .S44 2011
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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