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I Pity the Poor Immigrant
2017
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 17 no. 1 2017;'Many years ago I read a now forgotten novel by a now forgotten author, which had a truly wonderful preface. It read, simply, this bloody book nearly killed me. I therefore dedicate it, dear Reader, to myself. There is a delicate irony at play, I think, in my long remembering this dedication while the book itself is erased completely from my memory. I’ll touch on the interplay of knowledge and memory in due course. What I want to start by saying, though, is that in my case, as in the case of that forgotten preface’s author, while writing can be a horrifically stressful business - and while writing this paper did indeed feel like it was going to kill me - the Author is emphatically Not Dead.' (Introduction)
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"They Couldn't Tell Us How to Farm Their Skin" : White Poems on Black Dispossession
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Interactions : Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2000; (p. 171-183) Analyses poems by white Australian authors about dispossession of their land. In his survey of attitudes and poetic technique, Page examines nineteenth and twentieth century poems and finds a reversal of attitudes over time. -
An English Reading of Les Murray
1993
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criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 12 no. 1 1993; (p. 76-83) -
The Human-Hair Thread
1977
single work
criticism
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Aboriginal Issue [Summer] vol. 36 no. 4 1977; (p. 550-571) Persistence in Folly 1984; (p. 4-30) The Paperbark Tree : Selected Prose 1992; (p. 71-99)
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An English Reading of Les Murray
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 12 no. 1 1993; (p. 76-83) -
The Human-Hair Thread
1977
single work
criticism
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Aboriginal Issue [Summer] vol. 36 no. 4 1977; (p. 550-571) Persistence in Folly 1984; (p. 4-30) The Paperbark Tree : Selected Prose 1992; (p. 71-99) -
"They Couldn't Tell Us How to Farm Their Skin" : White Poems on Black Dispossession
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Interactions : Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2000; (p. 171-183) Analyses poems by white Australian authors about dispossession of their land. In his survey of attitudes and poetic technique, Page examines nineteenth and twentieth century poems and finds a reversal of attitudes over time. -
I Pity the Poor Immigrant
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 17 no. 1 2017;'Many years ago I read a now forgotten novel by a now forgotten author, which had a truly wonderful preface. It read, simply, this bloody book nearly killed me. I therefore dedicate it, dear Reader, to myself. There is a delicate irony at play, I think, in my long remembering this dedication while the book itself is erased completely from my memory. I’ll touch on the interplay of knowledge and memory in due course. What I want to start by saying, though, is that in my case, as in the case of that forgotten preface’s author, while writing can be a horrifically stressful business - and while writing this paper did indeed feel like it was going to kill me - the Author is emphatically Not Dead.' (Introduction)
