Catherine Cecilia Pratt Catherine Cecilia Pratt i(A26061 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Ghosts and Traumas Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 264 2004; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : A Life Michael Ackland , 2004 single work biography
1 Letters Illuminate a Deep Friendship Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 December 2000; (p. 16)
— Review of Henry Handel Richardson : The Letters Henry Handel Richardson , 2000 selected work biography correspondence
1 Untitled Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Ariel , Jan.-Apr. vol. 31 no. 1-2 2000; (p. 436-438)
— Review of The English Men : Professing Literature in Australian Universities Leigh Dale , 1997 single work criticism
1 Letters Probe the Public Mystique Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 2000 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 August 2000; (p. 4-5)
1 2 y separately published work icon Resisting Fiction : The Novels of Henry Handel Richardson Catherine Cecilia Pratt , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1999 Z424809 1999 single work criticism

Discusses Richardson's novels in relation to their historical, cultural and intellectual context, and offers a sustained feminist interpretation of her work. Pratt combines contemporary feminist and narrative theory in arguing that feminism and narrative strategy are closely connected in Richardson's work.

Includes an introduction with biographical information, as well as a survey of Richardson's reputation and reception in Australia. Also includes a chronology of Richardson's life and an extensive list of secondary material.
1 Postcard from Ireland Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1999 single work column biography
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 42 1999; (p. 14-15)
1 The Late Education of a Writer Who Chose Life Abroad Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of A Late Education : Episodes in a Life Alan Moorehead , 1970 single work autobiography
1 The Quest for a Poetic Blessing Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 August 1998; (p. 21)
— Review of The Maze of the Muse Larry Buttrose , 1998 single work novel
1 Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence : Introduction Susan Lever , Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997; (p. ix-xxiv)
1 The Warp and Weft of a Time Now Past Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 May 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of One for the Master Dorothy Johnston , 1997 single work novel
1 Australian or Not? : The Acceptance of an Expatriate and the Reputation of Henry Handel Richardson Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 57 no. 3 1997; (p. 162-170)
1 5 y separately published work icon Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence Henry Handel Richardson , Susan Lever (editor), Catherine Cecilia Pratt (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1997 Z291635 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence
1 Playing with Dolls: Masculinity and Desire in `Summer of the Seventeenth Doll' Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , May vol. 23 no. 1 1996; (p. 61-68) Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 84-88)
1 Fictions of Development : Henry Handel Richardson's The Getting of Wisdom Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 3-9) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 57) Pratt considers the narrative convergence of popular romance and Bildungsroman in The Getting of Wisdom and shows how each genre "structures its narrative meaning through the representation of gender". Pratt argues that Laura's development is not stablized by gender and the resulting narrative, while at times matching romance or Bildungsroman, does not produce a strong structure for either, reflecting Richardson's rejection of those genres as recepticles of her own story.
1 Compromised in the End by a Desire to Be Transgressive Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 July 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of The River Ophelia Justine Ettler , 1995 single work novel
1 Exemplary Edition of an Unfamiliar Colonial Novel Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 December 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of The Silent Sea Mrs. Alick Macleod , 1892 single work novel
1 Broad Index to Our Best New Writing Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of Picador New Writing 3 1995 anthology short story poetry extract drama criticism biography
1 The Diversity of Women Writing in English Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 January 1995; (p. C8)
— Review of Into the Nineties: Post-Colonial Women's Writing 1994 anthology short story poetry prose criticism biography
1 ASAL Literary Awards 1995 : The Mary Gilmore Award Catherine Cecilia Pratt , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , October no. 35 1995; (p. 17)
1 1 y separately published work icon Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 Susan Lever (editor), Catherine Cecilia Pratt (editor), Campbell : Association for the Study of Australian Literature Australian Defence Force Academy. Dept. of English , 1995 Z226489 1995 anthology criticism biography

'Papers given at the ASAL conference of 1994, held at the University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy campus in Canberra, convened by Susan Lever and Catherine Pratt.' 
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