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‘Everything Is Visible’ : Considering Laurie Clancy’s Perfect Love Hermina Burns , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 4 2014;

'By the time Laurie Clancy’s second novel Perfect Love was published in 1983, Clancy had established himself as an academic, critic, short story writer and novelist. Westerly had published his first short story ‘The Wife Specialist’ in 1971. A debut novel The Collapsible Man followed in 1975, to some critical acclaim. It was to share the National Book Council Award of that year. A collection of short stories under the title of his first published short story appeared in 1978. He was already working on his Reader’s Guide to Australian Fiction, though it took a decade to complete, being published in 1992. ' (Author's introduction)
The Last Romantic : Laurie Clancy’s Nabokov Stephen Knight , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 4 2014; 'Laurie Clancy’s literary critical books appear for the most part traditional for his context. There is from 1981 a short study of Christina Stead in the Essays in Australian Literature series, and in the same year a book on Xavier Herbert in the widely-read American Twayne’s series. Another act of professional generosity to readers and his country was Laurie’s full and closely considered Reader’s Guide to Australian Fiction of 1992.' (Author's introduction)
Biopolitics and Eleanor Dark's Prelude to Christopher Anne Maxwell , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , June vol. 26 no. 2 2011; (p. 76-90) 'In 1934 Miles Franklin described Eleanor Dark's second novel, Prelude to Christopher, as 'a terribly beautiful piece of work' (128). One of Dark's earliest critics, Franklin attributed the book's strength to the author's deft handling of a tragic theme and 'the urge to speak the naked truth' (125). Later critics emphasised the book's experimental style, especially its skilled handling o the multiple viewpoints, flashbacks and interior monologues associated with high modernism. By contrast, recent critics have focused on the novel's subject matter and Dark's engagement with the biopolitical norms that manifested in eugenics. This essay pursues that focus. It aims to flesh out the ways in which Dark's novel registers the potential impact of eugenics on liberal conceptions of freedom and to explore some of the ways in which it attempts to reclaim that freedom...(' From author's introduction p. 76)
Fiction Surveyed Peter Fuller , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 January 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of A Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction Laurie Clancy , 1992 single work criticism biography
Wishing an Ambitious Work a Long Life A. P. Riemer , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of A Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction Laurie Clancy , 1992 single work criticism biography
Novel Feat Worthy of the Fiction Elizabeth Webby , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 January 1993; (p. rev 7)
— Review of A Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction Laurie Clancy , 1992 single work criticism biography
Wishing an Ambitious Work a Long Life A. P. Riemer , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of A Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction Laurie Clancy , 1992 single work criticism biography
Fiction Surveyed Peter Fuller , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 January 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of A Reader's Guide to Australian Fiction Laurie Clancy , 1992 single work criticism biography
Biopolitics and Eleanor Dark's Prelude to Christopher Anne Maxwell , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , June vol. 26 no. 2 2011; (p. 76-90) 'In 1934 Miles Franklin described Eleanor Dark's second novel, Prelude to Christopher, as 'a terribly beautiful piece of work' (128). One of Dark's earliest critics, Franklin attributed the book's strength to the author's deft handling of a tragic theme and 'the urge to speak the naked truth' (125). Later critics emphasised the book's experimental style, especially its skilled handling o the multiple viewpoints, flashbacks and interior monologues associated with high modernism. By contrast, recent critics have focused on the novel's subject matter and Dark's engagement with the biopolitical norms that manifested in eugenics. This essay pursues that focus. It aims to flesh out the ways in which Dark's novel registers the potential impact of eugenics on liberal conceptions of freedom and to explore some of the ways in which it attempts to reclaim that freedom...(' From author's introduction p. 76)
Even Serious Literature Needs Humor Fiona Capp , 1992 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 9 December 1992; (p. 4)
Criticism v Egotism Laurie Clancy , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 February 1993; (p. rev 6)
Clancy has Never Written Finer Fiction David Foster , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 February 1993; (p. rev 6)
The Last Romantic : Laurie Clancy’s Nabokov Stephen Knight , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 4 2014; 'Laurie Clancy’s literary critical books appear for the most part traditional for his context. There is from 1981 a short study of Christina Stead in the Essays in Australian Literature series, and in the same year a book on Xavier Herbert in the widely-read American Twayne’s series. Another act of professional generosity to readers and his country was Laurie’s full and closely considered Reader’s Guide to Australian Fiction of 1992.' (Author's introduction)
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