Peter Cowan Peter Cowan i(A1873 works by) (a.k.a. Peter Walkinshaw Cowan; P. Cowan)
Born: Established: 4 Nov 1914 Perth, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Jun 2002 Guildford, Swan Valley area, Eastern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
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1 The Room Peter Cowan , 1997 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 42 no. 4 1997; (p. 39-40)
1 Untitled Peter Cowan , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1997; (p. 129-132)
— Review of No Casual Traveller : Hartley Grattan and Australia-US Connections Laurie Hergenhan , 1995 single work criticism biography
1 7 y separately published work icon The Tenants Peter Cowan , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1994 Z105271 1994 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Westerly Looks to Asia: A Selection from Westerly 1956-1992 Bruce Bennett (editor), Susan Miller (editor), Dennis Haskell (editor), Peter Cowan (editor), Nedlands : The Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 1993 Z824975 1993 anthology poetry short story criticism interview prose bibliography
1 Deserts Peter Cowan , 1991 single work prose
— Appears in: Millennium : Time-Pieces by Australian Writers 1991; (p. 209-210)
1 Untitled Peter Cowan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1991; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Descent of Spirit : Writings of E.L. Grant Watson E. L. Grant Watson , 1990 selected work short story prose biography criticism
1 4 y separately published work icon Hungerford : Short Fiction by T.A.G. Hungerford T. A. G. Hungerford , Peter Cowan , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1989 Z178193 1989 selected work short story
1 6 y separately published work icon Impressions : West Coast Fiction 1829-1988 Peter Cowan (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1989 Z178100 1989 anthology short story extract humour Short stories and extracts from novels by Western Australian writers (visitors and residents) representing a wide range of changing responses to place over time.
2 25 y separately published work icon The Hills of Apollo Bay Peter Cowan , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1989 Z94930 1989 single work novel
1 Impressions : West Coast Fiction 1829-1988 : Introduction Peter Cowan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Impressions : West Coast Fiction 1829-1988 1989; (p. 1-16)
1 Hungerford : Short Fiction by T.A.G. Hungerford : Introduction Peter Cowan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hungerford : Short Fiction by T.A.G. Hungerford 1989; (p. 1-12) Cowan describes the development during the 1940s of Hungerford's narrative technique in the short story. The themes and techniques of many of these stories were also employed in Hungerford's novels, a form which offered "the greater space and freedom that his style and themes demanded". The harshness of war, the similarities between enemies and the possibility that war produces no winners were all explored in short stories before being used in The Ridge and the River and Sowers of the Wind.
1 1 The Sky Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 121-126)
1 Glass Orchid Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 95-104)
1 Swampland Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 59-64)
1 The Wind Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 41-48)
1 1 Apartment Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 29-40)
1 1 The Call Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 21-28)
1 1 The Gully Peter Cowan , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices 1988; (p. 11-19)
1 y separately published work icon Maitland Brown : a view of nineteenth century Western Australia Peter Cowan , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1988 Z808156 1988 single work
1 Gold and the Novel : Western Australia in the 1880s and 1890s Peter Cowan , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 33 no. 2 1988; (p. 31-55)
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