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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Optimist
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This is a novel by a first-time author, about a little-read, though highly influential, Australian poet: the blighted Christopher Brennan. Luke Slattery, 'High and Mighty', The Australian (7 September 1996).

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Romancing the Poet Luke Slattery , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 24-25 August 1996; (p. 28-32)
Christopher Brennan's Divided Heart Patricia Rolfe , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 September vol. 116 no. 6037 1996; (p. 86)
Great Expectations : A Year in the Life of Christopher Brennan Penelope Layland , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 1996; (p. C11)
Poets in Their Youth Nicholas Hasluck , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 40 no. 10 1996; (p. 81-82)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Stephenson's Rocket Don Anderson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 184 1996; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Poets in Their Youth Nicholas Hasluck , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 40 no. 10 1996; (p. 81-82)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Singing with the Messiah Katharine England , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 December 1996; (p. 15)
— Review of An Evening with the Messiah Catherine Jinks , 1996 single work novel ; The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Curtain Up on the Adventures of Young Brennan Owen Richardson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 September 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
High and Mighty Luke Slattery , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 September 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Caught a' Courting A. P. Riemer , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 September 1996; (p. 13s)
— Review of The Optimist John Stephenson , 1996 single work novel
Great Expectations : A Year in the Life of Christopher Brennan Penelope Layland , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 1996; (p. C11)
Christopher Brennan's Divided Heart Patricia Rolfe , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 September vol. 116 no. 6037 1996; (p. 86)
Romancing the Poet Luke Slattery , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 24-25 August 1996; (p. 28-32)
MUP's Wilder Days are Over Peter Craven , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 July 1996; (p. 38)
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Subjects:
  • Goulburn, Goulburn area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • 1890s
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