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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Amherst, New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Cambria Press , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'Birds of Passsage' : The Gift of Authorship, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism
Brennan identifies an oblique reference made in Birds of Passage to a poem by Su Tung Po, a poet-painter exiled to South China at the end of the eleventh century. She aligns this with a previous reference in Castro's book to comment from historian Geoffrey Blainey on the abuse directed towards the Chinese on the goldfields in nineteenth-century Australia, making the point that 'Castro offers us the opportunity to contemplate how ancient Chinese poetry might converse with contemporary Australian writing and culture' (p. 31).
 (p. 19-32)
'Pomeroy' : A Dialectic of Risk, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 33-48)
'Double-Wolf' : Writing and Time, Now There's the Rub, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 49-68)
Centres of Absence in 'After China', Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 69-93)
'Drift' : Storytelling and/of Annihilation, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 95-122)
Writing of Death and Death of Writing in Brian Castro's Stepper, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 123-146)
Lines of Exposure : 'Shanghai Dancing', Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 147-173)
Unpacking Castro's Library, or Detours and Return in 'The Garden Book', Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism
Brennan argues that while 'Castro's writing has always engaged obliquely with ethical concerns' there is a sense through the characters and dialogue of The Garden Book 'that the narrative, while remaining true to more abstract questions of writing, memory, desire and death, wants us to think deeply and urgently about the consequences of the politics of fear currently operating in Australia'.
 (p. 175-190)
Blue Writers and the Invitation to Friendship, Bernadette Brennan , single work criticism (p. 191-193)
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