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Rose examines trends in book reviewing and literary criticism in Australia, incorporating anecdotes from his personal life and from his editorship of Australian Book Review. He finally asks where the 'greatest responsibility' of critics lie and responds 'I believe that our ultimate responsibility is to the work itself ... not to its hopeful maker, intended audience or national honour.' Only by sumbitting to the work can a reviewer 'attain a sophisticated critical position' and begin to empathise, criticise and 'in the true sense of the word' promote our literature.
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An edited version of the 2004 Barry Andrews Lecture delivered at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy on 8 September 2004.
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Everyone's a Critic
2013
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 351 2013; -
Book Reviewing
2005
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 268 2005; (p. 4-5)
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Book Reviewing
2005
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 268 2005; (p. 4-5) -
Everyone's a Critic
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 351 2013;
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The Sound and the Fury: Uneasy Times for Hacks and Critics
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