y separately published work icon European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams anthology   prose   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Perth, Western Australia,:University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Land into Literature : The Western Australian Bush Seen by Some Early Writers and D.H. Lawrence Land into Literature : Western Australia Through British Eyes, Helen Watson-Williams , single work criticism (p. 11-27)
French Images of Australia, Helen Watson-Williams , single work criticism (p. 29-38)
Eurocentrism and Australian Science : Some Examples The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in Ultima Thule, George Seddon , single work criticism (p. 55-66)
Another Planet : Landscape as Metaphor in Western Australian Theatre, Bill Dunstone , single work criticism (p. 67-79)
Rare Books in Western Australia : The Library of the Benedictine Monastery, New Norcia, John Hay , David Bean , single work criticism (p. 81-94)
The Expatriate Vision of Peter Porter, Bruce Bennett , single work criticism (p. 103-114)
Maurice the Obscure: Provincial Expatriate in Search of a Voice, Fay Zwicky , single work criticism
Zwicky investigates the advantages and disadvantages of exile for the creative process. Comparing Maurice Guest with Hardy's Jude, The Obscure, Zwicky examines their modern form and content, concluding that Richardson was unable to assert a distinct voice because she was an exile by temperament. Hardy's poetic voice can express "alienation and metaphysical isolation simultaneously" because "its identity [is] assured by history and a firm sense of its origins". Zwicky concludes that Richardson "repressed the lyricism that might have flowered in musical composition" but acknowledges that it surfaces in "arresting bursts" in Maurice Guest through Richardson's depiction of Louise.
 (p. 115-130)
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