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  • Author:agent Fay Zwicky http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/zwicky-fay
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Nedlands, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lyre in the Pawnshop: Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 : Introduction : Disinterested Motives?, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 1-13)
Influence and Independence, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 14-22)
Speeches and Silences, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 23-36)
Love and Language, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 37-53)
Seeing and Recording a Local Ambience, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 74-80)
Poets and Critics: What Price Survival?, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 81-90)
Democratic Repression: The Ethnic Strain, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 91-102)
The Price of Silence: Further Thoughts on the Poetry of Randolph Stow, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 103-111)
Reclusive Grace: The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 112-123)
Ambivalent Ockerism: The Poetry of Bruce Dawe, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 124-135)
Gallic Sanction : Kiss of Death : Another Look at Brennan's Reputation, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 136-147)
Maurice the Obscure: Provincial Expatriate in Search of a Voice, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism
Zwicky investigates the advantages and disadvantages of exile for the creative process. Comparing Maurice Guest with Hardy's Jude, The Obscure, Zwicky examines their modern form and content, concluding that Richardson was unable to assert a distinct voice because she was an exile by temperament. Hardy's poetic voice can express "alienation and metaphysical isolation simultaneously" because "its identity [is] assured by history and a firm sense of its origins". Zwicky concludes that Richardson "repressed the lyricism that might have flowered in musical composition" but acknowledges that it surfaces in "arresting bursts" in Maurice Guest through Richardson's depiction of Louise.
 (p. 148-166)
The Mother of Narcissus : Autobiographical Reflections in the Work of H.H. Richardson, Hal Porter, Donald Horne and Clive James, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 167-181)
The Autobiographical Act, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 182-186)
A Resourceful Woman, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 187-196)
Paul Celan's `Todesfuge': The Proprieties of the Holocaust, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism biography (p. 197-209)
Nine Radio Commentaries : 1, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 257-261)
Nine Radio Commentaries : 2, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 261-265)
Nine Radio Commentaries : 3, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 265-269)
Nine Radio Commentaries : 4, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism (p. 269-273)
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