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Argues that although White and Malouf have never been seen as magical-realist novelists, the underlying aim of their works seems to be 'to communicate without use of words, to grasp the potentiality of a language that is free from the constraints binding the world to word and self to world' (30); and discusses the magical function of language in their works.
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29-45
The Magic of Language in the Novels of Patrick White and David Malouf
Subjects:
- Voss : A Novel 1957 single work novel
- Riders in the Chariot 1961 single work novel
- An Imaginary Life : A Novel 1978 single work novel
- Remembering Babylon 1993 single work novel
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