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Series:Arkon PaperbacksAngus and Robertson
(publisher),
1972series - publisher Arkon is a paperback reprint imprint of the Australian publisher Angus and Robertson. The series was launched in 1972 to be merchandised in connection with T. V. series and involved the cartoonist Patrick Cook.
Writing Daughter : Writing MotherDeborah Jordan,
2010single work criticism — Appears in:
Mother-Texts : Narratives and Counter-Narratives2010;(p. 110-125)'Deborah Jordan relates some of her experiences in writing a a book, and subsequently self-publishing it, about her mother's life as a writer. Writing Mothers/Writing Daughters is a theme explored in different contexts, and in different genres. One thinks of Dursilla Modjeska's Poppy or of the biography of Edna Ryan by her equally acclaimed daughter. Jordan addresses the making of There's a Woman in the House, A 1950s Journey, which is a self publishing venture to celebrate the life and work of her own mother, through her own voice, with a collection of her own writings as a freelance journalist in the 1950s. It addresses, some of the issues that arose in the process of re-discovery and publication and some of the ideologies and options of genre. (Publisher's abstract, xviii)
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the NovelGraham Nowland,
2006single work criticism — Appears in:
Westerly,Novembervol.
51no.
2006;(p. 145-158)Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Untitled1937single work review — Appears in:
The Bulletin,26 Mayvol.
58no.
29891937;(p. 2) — Review of
Intimate StrangersKatharine Susannah Prichard,
1937single work novel
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the NovelGraham Nowland,
2006single work criticism — Appears in:
Westerly,Novembervol.
51no.
2006;(p. 145-158)Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Writing Daughter : Writing MotherDeborah Jordan,
2010single work criticism — Appears in:
Mother-Texts : Narratives and Counter-Narratives2010;(p. 110-125)'Deborah Jordan relates some of her experiences in writing a a book, and subsequently self-publishing it, about her mother's life as a writer. Writing Mothers/Writing Daughters is a theme explored in different contexts, and in different genres. One thinks of Dursilla Modjeska's Poppy or of the biography of Edna Ryan by her equally acclaimed daughter. Jordan addresses the making of There's a Woman in the House, A 1950s Journey, which is a self publishing venture to celebrate the life and work of her own mother, through her own voice, with a collection of her own writings as a freelance journalist in the 1950s. It addresses, some of the issues that arose in the process of re-discovery and publication and some of the ideologies and options of genre. (Publisher's abstract, xviii)
