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Alternative title: Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... vol. 4 2005 of JASAL est. 2002 JASAL
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ratbag Writers and Cranky Critics : In Their Praise, Susan Lever , single work criticism (p. 11-22)
Abominable Scripts : Hal Porter's Plays, Noel Rowe , single work criticism
Rowe reads Porter's plays 'in order to talk about ethics and literature, arguing for a narrative model of ethical reflection that recognises the constitutive role of narrative (literary, social, personal) in ethical being '(Editorial p.8).
(p. 23-34)
Terpsichorean Moments in Patrick White's The Solid Mandala and Hal Porter's The Tilted Cross, Melinda Rose Jewell , single work criticism
Discusses the importance of 'choreographic moments' in the two novels, focusing 'specifically on the acts of dance portrayed in the texts, discussing the movements performed and the characteristics of the dancers performing.'
(p. 35-47)
An Ethics of Mourning : Gail Jones's Black Mirror, Tanya Dalziell , single work criticism (p. 49-61)
Mothers, Daughters and Elizabeth Jolley's Ethic of Hope, Brian Dibble , single work criticism
Examines Jolley's relationship with her own mother and explores the conlicts between mothers and daughters in two of her works.
(p. 63-76)
It'll End in Tears : Melancholy in Contemporary Australian Picture Books, Elizabeth Parsons , single work criticism (p. 77-88)
Landscapes of Australian Childhoods : A Regional Comparison of Edenic Imaginings, Kathryn Burns , single work criticism (p. 89-104)
Norman Lindsay's The Cousin from Fiji and the Lindsay Family Papers, Joanna Mendelssohn , single work criticism (p. 105-119)
Writing the 'Fatal Moment' : Crisis, Community and the Literary Imagination in M. Barnard Eldershaw's Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Julieanne Lamond , single work criticism
Proposes a fresh reading of the novel as being essentially 'about writers and writing, and how they fit into the world around them' (p.121).
(p. 121-132)
'I'm Not Australian, I'm Not Greek, I'm Not Anything' : Identity and the Multicultural Nation in Christos Tsiolkas's Loaded, Ben Authers , single work criticism (p. 133-145)
Kim Scott's Benang : An Ethics of Uncertainty, Lisa Slater , single work criticism
Issues of writing, language and power are central to Kim Scott's Benang. Lisa Slater identifies some of the ethical difficulties faced by Scott in writing Benang ... before discussing some of the narrative strategies Scott employs to destabilise fixed notions of identity and open up a space for cross-cultural dialogue ' (Editorial p. 9).
(p. 147-158)
The Genesis and Commodification of Katherine Langloh Parker's Australian Legendary Tales (1896), Judith Johnston , single work criticism (p. 159-172)
'False as Eden' : Constituting the Female Subject in Time, Elizabeth McMahon , single work criticism
'This essay examines the retrospective gaze of two Australian feminist intellectuals, focusing on the rhetorical operations by which the personal and public lives of women are rendered interchangeble, as are their embodied subjectivities and their literary work' (p.173).
(p. 173-183)
The Not Quite Real Miles Franklin : Diaries as Performance, Sandra Knowles , single work criticism
This essay argues that Franklin's diaries are a performance of privacy and authenticity, through a consideration of her diary audience. Her diaries do not reveal an artificial Franklin, but rather challenge the notion that diaries produce authentic representations of their diarists (p.185).
(p. 185-200)
[Review] City Bushman : Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination, Meg Tasker , single work review
— Review of City Bushman : Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination Christopher Lee , 2004 single work criticism ;
(p. 201-205)
Untitled, Patrick Buckridge , single work review
— Review of Victor J. Daley : A Life Frank Molloy , 2004 single work biography ;
(p. 209-213)
Untitled, Gerardo Rodriguez Salas , single work review
— Review of Cape Grimm Carmel Bird , 2004 single work novel ;
(p. 217-221)
Untitled, Bernadette Brennan , single work review
— Review of Butterfly Song Terri Janke , 2005 single work novel ;
(p. 222-224)

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