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Beverley Farmer's Embrace of the Mirror
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 151-159) Janice Shaw examines Beverley Farmer's A Body of Water. Shaw states that the Farmer's term 'embrace of the mirror' is a motif that 'characterises Farmer's writing in terms of the relationships she presents. The gender issues revealed through these relationships are characterised by feelings of coldness, otherness, and love, being a reflection of the self which only serves to emphasise its 'selfish nature...' (p. 151)
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Beverley Farmer's Embrace of the Mirror
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 151-159) Janice Shaw examines Beverley Farmer's A Body of Water. Shaw states that the Farmer's term 'embrace of the mirror' is a motif that 'characterises Farmer's writing in terms of the relationships she presents. The gender issues revealed through these relationships are characterised by feelings of coldness, otherness, and love, being a reflection of the self which only serves to emphasise its 'selfish nature...' (p. 151)
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Scraping and Repainting Reflecting Surfaces: Mirrors and Water in Beverley Farmer's Fiction
Antipodes
Antipodes
Subjects:
- Alone : A Novel 1980 single work novel
- The Seal Woman 1992 single work novel
- A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary
- 1900-1999
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