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1 Elizabeth Jolley : A Cross-Cultural Life in Writing Barbara Milech , Brian Dibble , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 2 no. 2010;

'Elizabeth Jolley is one of Australia's most significant writers: she published some two dozen books of fiction, essays and radio dramas, won every major Australian literary award, received four honorary doctorates, was awarded the Order of Australia for service to Australian Literature in 1988, and was named an Australian 'National Living Treasure' in 1997.

Her career has its roots in the UK, the place of her birth, schooling and early marriage. In 1959 she travelled with her three children and her husband to Perth, Western Australia, where Leonard Jolley took up a position as foundation Librarian of the University of Western Australia. She brought with her a trunk full of unpublished/rejected manuscripts which provided the initial materials from which she developed her published fictions and essays in Australia.

This article explores the institutional frameworks in Australia which enabled Jolley - a constant writer from childhood - to develop, in David Carter's phrase, 'a career in writing' from the mid-1970s onwards. It argues that Jolley rewrote her foundation manuscripts (written in another country) both to imagine Australian lives and to conform to Australian publishers' requirements. In doing so, it traces how the fiction and essays translate the experience of migration/exile, often thematised through the recurrent image of being 'on the edge,' into the particular and powerful ethic of love that informs Jolley's writing.' (Author's abstract)
1 Friendship in a Time of Loneliness Barbara Milech , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 97-110) The essay 'explores the ways in which Jolley's fictions are simultaneously motivated by a longing for consummate love - (hetero)sexual, intellectual, spiritual, all at once - and shaped by a gathering understanding of the impossibility of that desire as a way of being in the world' (98-99).
1 y separately published work icon Elizabeth Jolley Research Collection Barbara Milech , Brian Dibble , Perth : Curtin University of Technology. Library , 2008 Z1468048 2008 website bibliography

The Elizabeth Jolley Research Collection is 'a virtual research resource for scholars interested in one of Australia's most significant writers'. The Elizabeth Jolley Research Collection includes 'Elizabeth Jolley - A Bibliography: 1965-2007', a comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Elizabeth Jolley, and digital access to many items in the 'Bibliography'.

'Compiled over 20 years by Barbara Milech and Brian Dibble, the 'Bibliography' lists Jolley's novels, short stories, plays, juvenilia, reviews, articles, and occasional pieces. Print, audio and visual adaptations of her work. Interviews with her, feature articles about her, and biographical pieces on her. Reviews of her publications, dissertations about her work, and critical articles and books wholly or partially on her work.'

Also included is information on Jolley's early life and a list of awards and other forms of recognition.

Source: Curtin University of Technology website, http://info.ccs.curtin.edu.au/, and information from the Collection website.
Sighted: 11/02/2008
1 The Erotics of Friendship in Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction Barbara Milech , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies , Spring-Fall vol. 12 no. 1-2 2006;
1 Elizabeth Jolley, Mr Berrington and the Resistance to Monogamy Barbara Milech , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 3 no. 2004; (p. 67-79) Examines the relationship between autobiography and fiction with regard to Jolley's fictional character 'Mr Berrington' (who occurs in several of her writings) and his real-life model.
1 'Exit Jesus' : Relating the Exegesis and Creative/Production Barbara Milech , Ann Schilo , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , April no. 3 2004; The authors discuss the 'relationship of the exegesis and creative/production components of a thesis' and the establishment of research degrees in the fields of creative and media arts at Curtin University in the 1990s.
1 Remembering Barbara Milech , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 169 2002; (p. 133-135)
1 Looking Back, Looking Forward Barbara Milech , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 167 2002; (p. 81-83)
1 Untitled Barbara Milech , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: a/b : Auto/Biography Studies , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 1999; (p. 332-336)
— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
1 Becoming "Elizabeth Jolley" : The First Twenty Years In Australia Barbara Milech , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Australian Literature and the Public Sphere : Refereed Proceedings of the 1998 [ASAL] Conference 1999; (p. 132-141)
1 Stories We Live by... Barbara Milech , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 59 no. 2 1999; (p. 185-190)
— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
1 Mixing It Barbara Milech , Darlene Oxenham , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 10-13)
— Review of Sister Girl : The Writings of Aboriginal Activist and Historian Jackie Huggins Jackie Huggins , 1998 selected work prose interview essay biography ; Miles of Post and Wire 1998 single work life story ; Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
1 Sophisticated Spaces : Fiction, Autobiography, and Reading Elizabeth Jolley Barbara Milech , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: a/b : Auto/Biography Studies , vol. 12 no. 1 1997; (p. 90-)
1 2 y separately published work icon Fellow Passengers : Collected Stories Elizabeth Jolley , Barbara Milech (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1997 Z367110 1997 selected work short story
1 Small Book Encompasses Big Themes Barbara Milech , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 55)
— Review of The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
1 `A Novel I Believe In': Reading Elizabeth Jolley Barbara Milech , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 187-195)
1 Masterpiece, Memoir and Monograph - Elizabeth Jolley 1993 Barbara Milech , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 79)
— Review of Diary of a Weekend Farmer Elizabeth Jolley , 1993 selected work poetry diary
1 Aristophanic Love-Dyads: Community, Communion, and Cherishing in Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction Barbara Milech , Brian Dibble , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 7 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-10)
1 Rereading `Poppy': Metaphor, Myth, Melancholy Barbara Milech , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 155-156)
— Review of Poppy Drusilla Modjeska , 1990 single work novel
1 "On the Edge" - an Idea Central to "Central Mischief" Barbara Milech , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 169-170)
— Review of Central Mischief : Elizabeth Jolley on Writing, Her Past and Herself Elizabeth Jolley , 1992 selected work prose
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