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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 On Longing
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'Blanche d'Alpuget's intimate and revealing meditation on longing examines the creative tension between writing and love.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For John Lonie, and the memory of Mario Shoenmaker
  • Epigraph: I have immortal longings in me. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene 2

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The On-Nibus Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2009 Z1659724 2009 anthology essay Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2009
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon On Lust & Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2018 12542228 2018 selected work essay

    'When On Lust was first published in 1993 it caused a media sensation but despite being accused of writing lies that a pillar of society had molested children, d'Alpuget refused to speak in her own defence. The essay ended in a mystery that she can now reveal. It remains a piece of work that continues to fascinate.

    'On Longing caused a similar sensation, for different reasons. Both studies trace the timeless themes of the power and powerlessness inherent to lust, love, loss and death.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2018

Works about this Work

On Ravishing Quartets Peter Craven , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 September 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay ; On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay
Substance Sandwiched in Baloney James Ley , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 August 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay ; On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay
Four Colours Deep Richard King , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 32)

— Review of On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay
Longing for Love, Maintaining Rage Shelley McInnis , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay
It's On 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 54)
Books of Revelation Jane Sullivan , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 July 2008; (p. 15) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 37)

— Review of On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay ; On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay
Longing for Love, Maintaining Rage Shelley McInnis , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 August 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay
Four Colours Deep Richard King , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 32)

— Review of On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay
Substance Sandwiched in Baloney James Ley , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 August 2008; (p. 22)

— Review of On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay ; On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay
On Ravishing Quartets Peter Craven , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 September 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of On Experience David Malouf , 2008 single work essay ; On Rage Germaine Greer , 2008 single work essay ; On Ecstasy Barrie Kosky , 2008 single work essay ; On Longing Blanche d'Alpuget , 2008 single work essay
Celebrity Writers Try Out Big Ideas Fiona Gruber , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 12-13)
It's On 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 54)
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