Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 Creative Effort : An Essay in Affirmation
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  • Includes reference to the influence of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche on Norman Lindsay.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Art in Australia , 1920 .
      Extent: 293p.
      Limited edition info: Limited edition of 120 copies of which 100 are for sale.
Notes:
'For this edition the book was revised. 'There are many textual variations from the Sydney edition. Chapter 6 was greatly revised and Chapter 7 almost completely re-written' (Chaplin, p.18).
    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Cecil Palmer ,
      1924 .
      Extent: 293p.
      Edition info: First English edition.

Works about this Work

The Joys of Irresponsible Sex Xavier Pons , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 139-155)

'...[Norman] Lindsay's novel Redheap, first published in Britain in 1930, was promptly banned in Australia for some three decades. This made Lindsay a hero in the eyes of some younger writers...

With the advantage of hindsight, some critics have wondered what the fuss had been all about, arguing that Lindsay's writings were little more than a kind of adolescent caper, and have now outlived whatever subversive quality they might once have possessed.' (p. 139)

Lindsayan Vitalism : Jack Lindsay, Norman Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen John Hawke , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature and the Symbolist Movement 2009; (p. 64-83)
`On Water Stranger and Less Clear': Conceptions of Time and Death in the Work of Kenneth Slessor Dennis Haskell , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 1 no. 1 1991; (p. 5-20)
New Leaves on the Lindsay Tree Joanna Mendelssohn , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February 1986; (p. 3-6)
The Life and Art of Norman Lindsay Jack Lindsay , 1974 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Autumn vol. 33 no. 1 1974; (p. 27-41)
Lindsayan Vitalism : Jack Lindsay, Norman Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen John Hawke , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature and the Symbolist Movement 2009; (p. 64-83)
The Joys of Irresponsible Sex Xavier Pons , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Messengers of Eros : Representations of Sex in Australian Writing 2009; (p. 139-155)

'...[Norman] Lindsay's novel Redheap, first published in Britain in 1930, was promptly banned in Australia for some three decades. This made Lindsay a hero in the eyes of some younger writers...

With the advantage of hindsight, some critics have wondered what the fuss had been all about, arguing that Lindsay's writings were little more than a kind of adolescent caper, and have now outlived whatever subversive quality they might once have possessed.' (p. 139)

I Dwindle Neville Wilson , 1931 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Home , 2 March vol. 12 no. 3 1931; (p. 12)
New Leaves on the Lindsay Tree Joanna Mendelssohn , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February 1986; (p. 3-6)
Unpublished Letters : Norman Lindsay to Lionel Lindsay, Redheap- Creative Effort- The Magic Pudding, from the Collection of Peter Lindsay Norman Lindsay , 1970 selected work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 4 1970; (p. 289-300)
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