Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction
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Notes

  • The author states in her Acknowledgements that earlier version of some chapters have appeared in literary journals: "Joseph Furphy (Southerly), Katharine Susannah Prichard (Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada), Christina Stead (SPAN), and Patrick White (Australian Literary Studies). A version of the interlude on David Foster and Sam Watson appeared in Irmtraud Petersson and Martin Duwell (eds.) 'And What Books Do You Read?' New Studies in Australian Literature" (1996).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Rushcutters Bay, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Association for the Study of Australian Literature ,Halstead Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction : Real Relations : the Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 7-17, notes 148-149)
Ada Cambridge and the Woman Question, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 18-32, notes 150-151)
Joseph Furphy and the Authoresses, Susan Lever , single work criticism
Lever examines Joseph Furphy's attitude towards the plots and narrative techniques of nineteenth century lady novelists in Such is Life, and finds that the subversive nature of the narrative creates a text more feminist than critics have acknowledged. Employing Ada Cambridge's novels for comparison, Lever demonstrates that this feminism is produced by Furphy's destablizing use of romantic and realist modes. Lever concludes that, while Cambridge appears quite conservative in this comparison, her narratives tested the restrictive form of the newspaper serial and, therefore, must be reconsidered in this context because Furphy wrote with no such restrictions.
(p. 33-40, notes 151-152)
A Kind of Romance : Henry Handel Richardson's Maurice Guest, Susan Lever , single work criticism
Lever argues that Maurice Guest provides a "shrewd analysis of the cultural myths surrounding sexual behaviour, and that [Richardson's] dissection of romance reveals the relationship between such myths and power". In Maurice Guest women do not play the role of the submissive femme fatale. Richardson's adoption of a naturalist narrative reveals the complications of such constructions. Lever stresses that in Maurice Guest women are not "mere ciphers of masculine art" but are active participants in the world of the imagination.
(p. 41-54, notes 152-153)
Realism and Socialism : Katharine Susannah Prichard's Coonardoo, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 55-68, notes 154-155)
Homo Australiensis : Vance Palmer, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 69-77, notes 155)
Christina Stead's Night of Struggle, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 78-94, notes 156-157)
The Human Hierarchy of Men and Women : Patrick White's "The Twyborn Affair", Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 95-104, notes 157)
Life and Art : Helen Garner and Sally Morgan, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 105-119, notes 157-159)
A Masculine Crisis : David Foster's Mates of Mars, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 120-130, notes 159-160)
Feminist Experiment and Contemporary Women's Writing, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 131-147, notes 160)

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Works about this Work

Real Questions Nicole Moore , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 166 2002; (p. 122-123)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
[Review Essay] Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Brigid Magner , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , September no. 5 2001;

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
New Australian Literary Criticism Alison Bartlett , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 28 no. 2 2001; (p. 72-74)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
[Review Essay] Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Elizabeth Webby , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 20 July 2001; (p. 33)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
[Review Essay] Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Margaret Henderson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , April vol. 32 no. 116 2001; (p. 162-163)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
[Review Essay] Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Brigid Magner , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , September no. 5 2001;

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
Rattling the Orthodoxies Anthony J. Hassall , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 226 2000; (p. 30)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
Aesthetic as Well as Cultural Ralph Elliott , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 January 2001; (p. 19)

— Review of The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature 2000 anthology criticism ; The Getting of Wisdom Henry Handel Richardson , 1910 single work novel ; Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
[Review Essay] Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Margaret Henderson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , April vol. 32 no. 116 2001; (p. 162-163)

— Review of Real Relations : The Feminist Politics of Form in Australian Fiction Susan Lever , 2000 selected work criticism
Stories About Other People : Recent Non-Fiction Antonio Jose Simoes Da Silva , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 45 no. 2000; (p. 170-182)

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