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The Phantom and Transgenerational Trauma in Elizabeth Jolley’s 'The Well'
2012
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— Appears in: Engaging with Literature of Commitment : The Worldly Scholar (Volume 2) 2012; (p. 201-216) 'Elizabeth Jolley's The Well, one of the most celebrated examples of the Australian female Gothic, can also be studied as a trauma novel. Set in the vast and dry postcolonial Australian countryside, the novel deals with the intense, traumatic, and somehow bordering on the homo-erotic, relationship between elderly and embittered Hester Harper, heiress to a large agricultural estate, and young and unformed Katherine, a sixteen-year-old orphan whom Hester unofficially adopted one day...' (From author's introduction 201) -
“[P]eople Often Judged by What They Feared or Knew Existed in Themselves” : A Postcolonial Critique of Disability in Elizabeth Jolley’s The Well
2010
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— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 203-218)
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“[P]eople Often Judged by What They Feared or Knew Existed in Themselves” : A Postcolonial Critique of Disability in Elizabeth Jolley’s The Well
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 203-218) -
The Phantom and Transgenerational Trauma in Elizabeth Jolley’s 'The Well'
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Engaging with Literature of Commitment : The Worldly Scholar (Volume 2) 2012; (p. 201-216) 'Elizabeth Jolley's The Well, one of the most celebrated examples of the Australian female Gothic, can also be studied as a trauma novel. Set in the vast and dry postcolonial Australian countryside, the novel deals with the intense, traumatic, and somehow bordering on the homo-erotic, relationship between elderly and embittered Hester Harper, heiress to a large agricultural estate, and young and unformed Katherine, a sixteen-year-old orphan whom Hester unofficially adopted one day...' (From author's introduction 201)
