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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Lovesong
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  • Also published in braille and sound recording formats.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1997 .
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      Extent: 241p.
      ISBN: 0670876097
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 241p.
      ISBN: 0140272755

Works about this Work

The Pursuit of Love in Elizabeth Jolley’s 'Lovesong' Nataša Kampmark , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: CrosSections Vol. 2 : Selected Papers in Literature and Culture from the 9th HUSSE Conference 2010; (p. 371-376)
Elizabeth Jolley's Late Work Delys Bird , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 121-133)

The article looks at the last four novels by Jolley which were 'somewhat neglected by scholars'. Taken as a body of 'late work' with some evidence of 'late style' (Edward Said), 'might give them a more acknowledged place in a critical history of Jolley's writing' (122).

Songs of a Wayfarer A. P. Riemer , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 14 (New Series) 2007; (p. 45-62)
In Search of the Human Factor Jane Sullivan , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 1999; (p. 9)
Theme of Pedophilia Unsettles Felicity Plunkett , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 12 no. 1 1998; (p. 53)

— Review of Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel
Lovesong Rochelle Siemienouicz , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 14-27 July 1997; (p. 30)

— Review of Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel
The Stripes on the Child Gerard Windsor , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 2 no. 10 1997; (p. 20-21)

— Review of A Race across Burning Soil Clare Mendes , 1997 single work novel ; Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel ; The Custodians Nicholas Jose , 1997 single work novel
Walking to Escape a Desolation Carmel Bird , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 June 1997; (p. C11)

— Review of Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel
Haunted Seduction Katharine England , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 June 1997; (p. 17)

— Review of Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel
Dangerous Emotions A. P. Riemer , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 June 1997; (p. 9s)

— Review of Lovesong Elizabeth Jolley , 1997 single work novel
Songs of a Wayfarer A. P. Riemer , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 14 (New Series) 2007; (p. 45-62)
Elizabeth Jolley's Late Work Delys Bird , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 121-133)

The article looks at the last four novels by Jolley which were 'somewhat neglected by scholars'. Taken as a body of 'late work' with some evidence of 'late style' (Edward Said), 'might give them a more acknowledged place in a critical history of Jolley's writing' (122).

The Pursuit of Love in Elizabeth Jolley’s 'Lovesong' Nataša Kampmark , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: CrosSections Vol. 2 : Selected Papers in Literature and Culture from the 9th HUSSE Conference 2010; (p. 371-376)
Helen Daniel Talks to Elizabeth Jolley Helen Daniel (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 192 1997; (p. 28-29)
Running for Miles : Sentimental Favourite Rosemary Sorensen , 1998 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 May 1998; (p. 9)

Awards

1998 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize Best Book South-East Asia and South Pacific Region
1998 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Fiction
1998 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
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