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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Knitting
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Notes

  • Dedication: For My Mother, who gave me stories and knitting.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2005 .
      Extent: 272p.
      ISBN: 014300316X

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Texts and Textiles : Affect, Synaesthesia and Metaphor in Fiction Diana Mary Eva Thomas , Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2017 11791282 2017 multi chapter work criticism

'This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of investigation to those novels that specifically employ three types of hand-crafted textiles (quilt-making, knitting and embroidery), the book isolates how these textiles are used in fiction. The combination of synaesthesia, memory, metaphor and, particularly, synaesthetic metaphor in fiction with textiles in the text of the case studies selected, shows how these are used to create affect in readers, enhancing their engagement in the story.

'The work is framed within the context of the history of textile production and the use of textiles in fiction internationally, but concentrates on Australian authors who have used textiles in their writing. The decision to focus on Australian authors was taken in light of the quality and depth of the writing of textile fiction produced in Australia between 1980 and 2005 in the three categories of hand-crafted textiles – quilt-making, knitting and embroidery. The texts chosen for intensive study are: Kate Grenville’s The Idea of Perfection (1999, quilting); Marele Day’s Lambs of God (1997, knitting) and Anne Bartlett’s Knitting (2005, knitting); Jessica Anderson’s Tirra Lirra by the River (1978, embroidery) and Marion Halligan’s Spider Cup (1990, embroidery).' (Publication summary)

Needles to the Fore in a Mild and Woolly Tale Anneli Knight , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 June 2005; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel
Transcending Genres Jo Case , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 272 2005; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel ; Five Oranges Graham Reilly , 2005 single work novel
Take Three Veronica Sen , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 1 May 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel ; Deception Celeste Walters , 2005 single work novel
Stitching Up a Publishing Purler Jason Steger , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 2005; (p. 6)
Top Yarn Stitched Up Samela Harris , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 March 2005; (p. 13)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 April 2005; (p. 5)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel ; The Femails Margaret Clark , 2005 single work novel
Take Three Veronica Sen , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 1 May 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel ; Deception Celeste Walters , 2005 single work novel
Transcending Genres Jo Case , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 272 2005; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel ; Five Oranges Graham Reilly , 2005 single work novel
Needles to the Fore in a Mild and Woolly Tale Anneli Knight , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 June 2005; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Knitting Anne Bartlett , 2005 single work novel
Stitching Up a Publishing Purler Jason Steger , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 2005; (p. 6)
y separately published work icon Texts and Textiles : Affect, Synaesthesia and Metaphor in Fiction Diana Mary Eva Thomas , Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2017 11791282 2017 multi chapter work criticism

'This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of investigation to those novels that specifically employ three types of hand-crafted textiles (quilt-making, knitting and embroidery), the book isolates how these textiles are used in fiction. The combination of synaesthesia, memory, metaphor and, particularly, synaesthetic metaphor in fiction with textiles in the text of the case studies selected, shows how these are used to create affect in readers, enhancing their engagement in the story.

'The work is framed within the context of the history of textile production and the use of textiles in fiction internationally, but concentrates on Australian authors who have used textiles in their writing. The decision to focus on Australian authors was taken in light of the quality and depth of the writing of textile fiction produced in Australia between 1980 and 2005 in the three categories of hand-crafted textiles – quilt-making, knitting and embroidery. The texts chosen for intensive study are: Kate Grenville’s The Idea of Perfection (1999, quilting); Marele Day’s Lambs of God (1997, knitting) and Anne Bartlett’s Knitting (2005, knitting); Jessica Anderson’s Tirra Lirra by the River (1978, embroidery) and Marion Halligan’s Spider Cup (1990, embroidery).' (Publication summary)

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