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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... vol. 21 no. 2 October 2003 of Australian Literary Studies est. 1963 Australian Literary Studies
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Textual Phantasmagoria : Marcus Clarke, Light Literature and the Colonial Uncanny, Andrew McCann , single work criticism
McCann analyses the representations of the colonial unconscious and the Romantic imagination - the intersection of affect and aesthetics - in the writing of Marcus Clarke.
 (p. 137-150)
Some Versions of Manifold : Brisbane and the 'Myth' of John Manifold, William Hatherell , single work criticism
Hatherell considers John Manifold's literary reputation refracted through the works of writers such as Rodriguez, Malouf, Hall and Shapcott who 'to varying extents ...participated in the locally famous Manifold "salon" at Wynnum North' in Brisbane.
 (p. 151-165)
Un/making Sexuality: Such Is Life and the Observant Queer Reader, Damien Barlow , single work criticism

'I want to propose that the incertitudes of Furphy's magnum opus provide the observant queer reader with an arousing focus on the late-nineteenth-century making of "sexuality" as a new regulatory system of sexual organisation. In advocating an engagement between Such is Life and queer theory, I want to ask, how does Furphy represent sexuality in Such is Life? and what is the analytical purchase provided by a queer reading of the text?'

 (p. 166-177)
The Great Southern Land : Asian-Australian Women Writers Re-View the Australian Landscape, Shirley Tucker , single work criticism
Tucker examines the representation of landscape in Asian-Australian women's writing in terms of the aesthetics of Australian literature.
 (p. 178-188)
Wishing for Political Dominance : Representations of History and Community in Queer Theory, Peter Mitchell , single work criticism (p. 189-197)
Setting the Record Straight : Bibliography and Australian Literature, Carol Hetherington , single work criticism
Examines the ways in which limitations of traditional print bibliography, such as printing costs and space, can be overcome in the electronic environment, discussing how the expanded scope for scholarly cross-referencing and annotation and new data models implemented by the AustLit Gateway take bibliography a step further than other literary databases, making possible a 'multi-dimensional' approach to the recording of bibliographic details and posing fresh challenges for the contextualising of Australian literary works.
 (p. 198-208)
Australian Literary Lives, Elizabeth Webby , single work criticism
Webby presents a detailed analysis of the first two Australian volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
 (p. 209-214)
Untitled, Susan Lever , single work review
— Review of Patrick White and Alchemy James Bulman-May , 2001 single work criticism ; Patrick White, Painter Manque : Paintings, Painters and Their Influence on His Work Helen Hewitt , 2002 single work criticism ; (p. 215-217)
Untitled, Alison Bartlett , single work review
— Review of Between Literature and Painting : Three Australian Women Writers Roberta Buffi , 2002 multi chapter work criticism ; (p. 217-218)
[Review] The Default Country : A Lexical Cartography of Twentieth Century Australia, Tim Rowse , single work review
— Review of The Default Country : A Lexical Cartography of Twentieth Century Australia J. M. Arthur , 2003 single work criticism ; (p. 219-220)
'Familiar Compound Spirit', Lyn McCredden , single work review
— Review of Homage to John Forbes 2002 anthology criticism biography poetry interview autobiography ; (p. 220-221)
'Why Not Sausages?', Ian Syson , single work review
— Review of The Making of the Australian Literary Imagination Richard Nile , 2002 single work criticism ; (p. 222-225)
[Review] Resistance and Reconciliation : Writing in the Commonwealth, Tseen-Ling Khoo , single work review
— Review of Resistance and Reconciliation : Writing in the Commonwealth 2003 anthology criticism ; (p. 225-227)
Untitled, Jean-François Vernay , single work review
— Review of Island and Otherland : Christopher Koch and His Books Noel Henricksen , 2003 single work criticism ; (p. 227-228)
[Review Essay] Rolf Boldrewood : A Life, Leigh Dale , single work review
— Review of Rolf Boldrewood : A Life Paul H. De Serville , 2000 single work criticism biography ; (p. 228-230)
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