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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary
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'Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theatre, journalism and publishing. Gordon shot himself, unable to pay the printer of his poems; Kendall ended up in a mental hospital after forging a cheque, and Clarke died bankrupt for a second time.' (Publication summary)

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  • Dedication: To Laurie Hergenhan

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Writing Wild Bleak Bohemia Michael Wilding , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Wild about Books : Essays on Books and Writing 2019; (p. 128-135) 'Years ago Hans Magnus Enzensberger wrote an essay called ‘Where do Poems Come From?’ I can’t remember whether he answered the question. Certainly the origins of literary creation still remain mysterious: the muse, the subconscious, inspiration, hard work, calculated marketing, a publisher’s commission, a tentative suggestion, a pressing request. Sometimes you find yourself taken down a track you never intended. Sometimes a number of factors combine to point you in a certain direction. Wild Bleak Bohemia developed from a number of different sources, and in the process evolved its own shape.' (Introduction)
[Review] Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall. A Documentary Elizabeth Webby , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 16 no. 1 2016;
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Three Biographies Kate Livett , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 268-270)
— Review of Thea Astley : Inventing Her Own Weather Karen Lamb , 2015 single work biography ; One Life : My Mother's Story Kate Grenville , 2015 single work biography ; Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
CSI : Bohemia : A Detailed Life of Three Interwoven Lives Susan K. Martin , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Michael Wilding : Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall. Paul H. De Serville , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2015;
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
The Boozy, Manic World of Our Wild Colonial Writers Peter Pierce , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 January 2015; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Not so Marvellous Melbourne Patrick Morgan , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 59 no. 3 2015; (p. 107-110)
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Michael Wilding : Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall. Paul H. De Serville , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2015;
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
CSI : Bohemia : A Detailed Life of Three Interwoven Lives Susan K. Martin , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Three Biographies Kate Livett , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 268-270)
— Review of Thea Astley : Inventing Her Own Weather Karen Lamb , 2015 single work biography ; One Life : My Mother's Story Kate Grenville , 2015 single work biography ; Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Michael Wilding , 2014 single work biography
Writing Wild Bleak Bohemia Michael Wilding , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Wild about Books : Essays on Books and Writing 2019; (p. 128-135) 'Years ago Hans Magnus Enzensberger wrote an essay called ‘Where do Poems Come From?’ I can’t remember whether he answered the question. Certainly the origins of literary creation still remain mysterious: the muse, the subconscious, inspiration, hard work, calculated marketing, a publisher’s commission, a tentative suggestion, a pressing request. Sometimes you find yourself taken down a track you never intended. Sometimes a number of factors combine to point you in a certain direction. Wild Bleak Bohemia developed from a number of different sources, and in the process evolved its own shape.' (Introduction)
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