image of person or book cover 3922134647190705292.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
y separately published work icon Mother & I single work   autobiography  
Alternative title: Mother & I : The History of a Wilful Family
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Mother & I
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hunter Publishers , 2021 .
      image of person or book cover 3922134647190705292.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 240p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2021.
      ISBN: 9780648848103

Works about this Work

A Sketch of Our Projects Dan Dixon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2021;

— Review of Mother & I Ianto Ware , 2021 single work autobiography

'Child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott wrote,

‘There is no such thing as a baby,’ meaning that if you set out to describe a baby, you will find you are describing a baby and someone. A baby cannot exist alone, but is essentially part of a relationship.

'In Mother & I, Ianto Ware frequently uses the title phrase as if the subjects are inseparable, even when another formulation might make for smoother prose, as if the three words, sufficiently repeated, might transform into a single pronoun acknowledging Ware and his mother, Dimity, as being at once entwined and distinct. Ware appears committed to this Winnicottian approach, providing a gentle redescription of motherhood as an evolving relation, a singular set of possibilities, rather than a reductive category. (Introduction)

Come Writers and Critics Caroline Overington , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 May 2021; (p. 15)
A Sketch of Our Projects Dan Dixon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2021;

— Review of Mother & I Ianto Ware , 2021 single work autobiography

'Child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott wrote,

‘There is no such thing as a baby,’ meaning that if you set out to describe a baby, you will find you are describing a baby and someone. A baby cannot exist alone, but is essentially part of a relationship.

'In Mother & I, Ianto Ware frequently uses the title phrase as if the subjects are inseparable, even when another formulation might make for smoother prose, as if the three words, sufficiently repeated, might transform into a single pronoun acknowledging Ware and his mother, Dimity, as being at once entwined and distinct. Ware appears committed to this Winnicottian approach, providing a gentle redescription of motherhood as an evolving relation, a singular set of possibilities, rather than a reductive category. (Introduction)

Come Writers and Critics Caroline Overington , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29 May 2021; (p. 15)

Awards

Last amended 1 Jun 2021 14:26:53
Settings:
  • Adelaide, South Australia,
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X