Elaine Minor Elaine Minor i(A119495 works by)
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1 1965 - Putting Asia in Australasia Elaine Minor , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 261-266)

A book chapter placing Christopher Koch's novel Across the Sea Wall in the cultural setting of 1965.
1 Christopher Koch : Drawn to Comics Elaine Minor , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2009; In debates about appreciation and interpretation of Literature, Christopher Koch is an outspoken, and often controversial, figure. He deplores what he terms the postmodern approach to critical analysis, questioning why children are 'studying films, comic strips and hopelessly bad contemporary novels with social messages, rather than major works that have stood the test of time'. It is somewhat surprising then, to study Koch's novels and uncover how frequently his work is informed by childhood influences and his love of comic books. This essay considers whether unwittingly Koch, as an author, is an instrument of social forces.
1 C. J. Koch : An Author Refusing to Relinquish Control Elaine Minor , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Politics and Aesthetics of Refusal 2007; (p. 81-92) Discusses how 'Koch is concerned with countering what he sees as the imposition of marxist, postmodernist, or deconstructionist ideologies upon the Australian reading public. Minor argues, ultimately, that Koch's "refusal to relinquish control over the critical appraisal of his work serves to subvert rather than reinforce the intentional altruism that he professes to weave into his novels"' (Editors' introduction to the collection p.4).
1 y separately published work icon The Politics and Aesthetics of Refusal Elaine Minor (editor), Michelle Kelly (editor), Will Noonan (editor), Caroline Hamilton (editor), Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2007 Z1543186 2007 anthology criticism 'The Politics and Aesthetics of Refusal is an eclectic collection of essays from emerging academics who engage with the notion of "refusal" both as the embodiment of a resistance to conventional boundaries between academic disciplines, and as a concept with an underlying negative or reactive force that can be widely interpreted and applied' (publisher website).
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