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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke
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'This biography of Marcus Clarke was written a century ago by Cyril Hopkins, brother of Gerald Manley Hopkins and a close friend of Clarke, and is published now for the first time. Drawing on memories of their schooldays together in Highgate and Clarke's letters from Australia, Hopkins gives a fascinating picture of the mercurial immigrant's ups and downs as he moves from banking to jackarooing, before emerging as a controversial journalist. Clarke's career as theatre critic, bon viveur, librarian and author of the classic novel His Natural Life is vividly and movingly captured, along with the bustling and variegated character of a colonial city, the outback mining towns and the remote unexplored bush.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Editor's note: edited from the manuscript in the Michelle Library.

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Laurie Hergenhan , Ken A. Stewart , Michael Wilding , single work biography
'Cyril Hopkins wrote his life of Marcus Clarke over a century ago,1 but until now it has never been published in whole or in part. Although known to a few scholars, it has not been readily accessed, partly because of copyright restrictions, and partly because of its handwritten state.' (Introduction)
(p. vii-xlvii)
Biographical Notice of the Life & Work of Marcus Clarke : Preface, Cyril Manley Hopkins , single work biography
'For many years past it has been evident to me from the recurrent allusions to his personal characteristics and genius in the literary columns of the Australian press as well as from verbal communications and letters from friends that great interest still attaches in literary circles in Australia and perhaps elsewhere to the name of Marcus Clarke. No complete biography has yet been published of him; and I think I may claim to have read every memoir and obituary notice that has appeared since his premature death forty-three years ago. All such have this defect that they omit to a great extent the circumstances of his early life and the latter were unusual and of a nature to exercise a powerful influence upon one of his temperament and character.' (Introduction)
(p. 3-7)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

[Review] Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Graham Tulloch , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011;

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
In Search of Marcus Clarke : A Memoir Laurie Hergenhan , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , December no. 86 2010; (p. 53-64)
A New Biography of Marcus Clarke Laurie Hergenhan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 2010; (p. 22-25)

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
The Calm After the Storm Patrick Morgan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 54 no. 1-2 2010; (p. 119-120)

— Review of The Cambridge History of Australian Literature 2009 reference ; Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
Editing a Manuscript Life of Marcus Clark Laurie Hergenhan , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Fryer Folios , June vol. 4 no. 2 2009; (p. 3-7)
Laurie Hergenhan shares the trials and tribulations of editing a manuscript written a century ago about one of Australia’s most renowned writers.
Welcome Revival of Our Great Novelist Peter Pierce , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 September 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
Off the Shelf : Biography Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 October 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
Vive la Bagatelle! : A Contemporary Life of Marcus Clarke Susan K. Martin , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 315 2009; (p. 15-16)

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
Marcus Clarke : A 'New' Biography Victor Crittenden , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 79 2009; (p. 39-40)

— Review of Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
The Calm After the Storm Patrick Morgan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 54 no. 1-2 2010; (p. 119-120)

— Review of The Cambridge History of Australian Literature 2009 reference ; Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke Cyril Manley Hopkins , 2009 multi chapter work biography
The Overflow Rosemary Sorensen , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 August 2009; (p. 10)
A column canvassing current literary news including a brief report on the history and publication of Cyril Manley Hopkins' biography of Marcus Clarke.
Advances 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 314 2009; (p. 1)
A column canvassing current literary news including brief reports on the publication of Cyril Manley Hopkins' Cyril Hopkins' Marcus Clarke and Jacob Rosenberg's The Hollow Tree. The column also mentions the shortlisting of Peter Porter for the 2009 Forward Prize and notes staff changes at Australian Book Review.
Serious Side of a Literary Dandy Steve Meacham , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 33)
Editing a Manuscript Life of Marcus Clark Laurie Hergenhan , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Fryer Folios , June vol. 4 no. 2 2009; (p. 3-7)
Laurie Hergenhan shares the trials and tribulations of editing a manuscript written a century ago about one of Australia’s most renowned writers.
In Search of Marcus Clarke : A Memoir Laurie Hergenhan , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , December no. 86 2010; (p. 53-64)
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