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The author argues that the ideas Spence worked hard to disseminate were chiefly pragmatic; that she failed to understand the function of art and literature beyond the simply didactic. However, in her work, national pride found a definitive female voice for the first time.
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Catherine Helen Spence: Pragmatic Utopian
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- Autobiography 1910 single work autobiography
- Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever 1854 single work novel
- Mr Hogarth's Will 1864 single work novel
- Handfasted 1879 single work novel
- A Week in the Future 1889 single work novel
- Gathered In : A Novel 1881-1882 single work novel
- The Author's Daughter 1867 single work novel
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