Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Dignifying the Poisoned Chalice : The Ethical Challenges of Using Archival Material in a Narrative about Death and Arsenic
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'In 1981, the trial of Emily Perry in the Supreme Court of South Australia for the attempted murder of her husband by arsenic poisoning was a legal and media sensation. During her trial, strong circumstantial evidence was produced linking her with the deaths by arsenic poisoning of three other men. This article will explore aspects of the process of writing a true crime narrative in relation to writing about real deaths from a particularly brutal and painful case. It will also examine why the confrontational aspect of original archival material was important for the author to fully appreciate the moral challenge of writing about unsolved murder.'  (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon TEXT Special Issue Website Series Writing Death and Dying no. 45 October 2017 12941635 2017 periodical issue

    'In October 2016, the editor of this Special Issue convened the second Australasian Death Studies Network (ADSN) conference in Noosa, Queensland. This event gathered a significant number of scholars and creative practitioners who were interested in exploring the symbolic and representational possibilities of the processes of death and dying. Following on from the first multi-disciplinary conference that established the ADSN the year before, this conference continued discussion and investigation into a range of cultural, humanities and social areas that conduct research into death and dying, including the creative arts, popular culture and health. There was a very strong representation of creative writers and creative writing researchers interested in these topics. These scholars and creative practitioners explored a wide range of topics including: representations of death and dying in literature, visual art and the media, music and various types of popular culture; Gothic representations of death, dying and the undead; and writing about death and dying across cultures and historical periods. Writing about gender, ageing and trauma in relation to death and dying were also discussed, as were transgression, murder and crime fiction. The keynote address, ‘A day in the life of a funeral director’, was not only a highlight of the conference, but provided a heady measure of realism to the deliberations.'  (Donna Lee Brien : Introduction)

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