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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail
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'Murray Bail is one of the most boldly innovative and intellectually challenging of contemporary writers. He is widely appreciated in his homeland, Australia, but too little read beyond its shores. Bail's major work began appearing in the 1970s, after an epochal change of government created a climate supportive of new talent and artistic experimentation. The enigmatic nature of his narratives, coupled with painfully slow composition habits, militated against the creation of a large following for his work, but established him as a writer of the most exacting standards, who measured himself against the best offered by European and American letters.' (Publication abstract)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Rhonda

Contents

* Contents derived from the Amherst, New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Cambria Press , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Enamoured with Art and Ideas, Michael Ackland , single work criticism (p. 1-36)
Inside the Maze, Michael Ackland , single work criticism (p. 37-102)
The New Andy, Michael Ackland , single work criticism (p. 103-152)
Life Classes with the Master, Michael Ackland , single work criticism (p. 153-221)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Amherst, New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Cambria Press ,
      2012 .
      image of person or book cover 8248210105321374357.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 250p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 28, 2012
      ISBN: 9781604978100
      Series: y separately published work icon Cambria Australian Literature Series Susan Lever (editor), Cambria Press (publisher), Amherst : Cambria Press , 2008- Z1869108 2008 series - publisher criticism

      The Cambria Australian Literature Series focuses on critical studies of writing by Australians, with a particular emphasis on contemporary Australian fiction. In recent decades Australian fiction publishing has outstripped critical study, with the work of many important writers receiving little more critical attention than newspaper and journal reviews, with occasional articles in scholarly journals or collections by diverse critics. This series gives an opportunity for sustained consideration of a writer’s full career. In each book, an individual critic engages with the work of a writer, assisting other scholars, students and general readers in understanding its complexities. Each book seeks to find an appropriate, original and lively approach to the writer in question. In particular, the series places the writing not only within Australian culture but also in the context of international developments in the novel.

      Source: Publisher's website.

Works about this Work

[Untitled] Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 98-99)

— Review of The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2012 multi chapter work criticism
Michael Ackland : The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Richard Scott Carr , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 13 no. 3 2013;

— Review of The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2012 multi chapter work criticism
Michael Ackland : The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Richard Scott Carr , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 13 no. 3 2013;

— Review of The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2012 multi chapter work criticism
[Untitled] Bronwyn Lacken , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 98-99)

— Review of The Experimental Fiction of Murray Bail Michael Ackland , 2012 multi chapter work criticism
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