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The authors note the role of oral narrative in maintaining Scotland's traditions of the past, and suggest that Catherine Helen Spence's Scottish background, as reflected here in stories of her mother's telling, helped mould the woman who was to become "the Grand Old Woman of Australia".
Tenacious of the Past : IntroductionGraham Tulloch,
Judy King,
1994single work criticism — Appears in:
Tenacious of the Past : The Recollections of Helen Brodie1994;(p. ix-xiii)The authors note the role of oral narrative in maintaining Scotland's traditions of the past, and suggest that Catherine Helen Spence's Scottish background, as reflected here in stories of her mother's telling, helped mould the woman who was to become "the Grand Old Woman of Australia".
Tenacious of the Past : IntroductionGraham Tulloch,
Judy King,
1994single work criticism — Appears in:
Tenacious of the Past : The Recollections of Helen Brodie1994;(p. ix-xiii)The authors note the role of oral narrative in maintaining Scotland's traditions of the past, and suggest that Catherine Helen Spence's Scottish background, as reflected here in stories of her mother's telling, helped mould the woman who was to become "the Grand Old Woman of Australia".
