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* Contents derived from the Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Creating One's Hometown, David Foster , single work criticism biography (p. 1-18)
On the Dual Pursuit of Literary and Martial Art, David Foster , single work criticism (p. 19-41)
Classics and Canon, David Foster , single work criticism (p. 42-46)
The Deforestation of Ireland, David Foster , single work biography (p. 47-55)
A Personal View of Literature and Science, 'Fin de Siecle', David Foster , single work biography (p. 56-75)
Satire : An Essay, David Foster , single work prose (p. 76-97)
Gallipoli, David Foster , single work biography (p. 98-107)
Castration, David Foster , single work biography (p. 117-129)
On Being Normal, David Foster , single work biography (p. 130-144)
The Quandary of an India Addict, David Foster , single work biography (p. 149-158)
Naughty Novelists, David Foster , single work biography (p. 159-173)
Suspended Sentence, David Foster , single work biography (p. 174-178)
Fire Storm, David Foster , single work biography (p. 207-210)
Salzburg Seminar, David Foster , single work biography (p. 211-218)
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The Life and Opinions of D’Arcy D’Oliveres, Letter’d Gentleman James Ley , 2013 single work biography
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 134 2013; (p. 65-70) 'Providing a detailed account of the early, and indeed the late, life of D'Arcy D'Oliveres - author, apiarist, amateur sleuth, alleged amputee, larrikin aristocrat, renaissance postman - presents the prospective biographer with a number of problems. For it is not only the case that the readily available details of D'Oliveres's life are incomplete, sketchy and, at times, contradictory: the primary source of information about his background and his exploits is D'Oliveres himself. And he is an idiosyncratic character, to say the least. His opinions are unusual in many respects. His autobiographical writings - such as they are - are by no means comprehensive and contain much that is questionable, if not deeply implausible. A genial sort of bloke, he is always willing to give visitors guided tours of the small town of Dog Rock - 'a trivial town, where nothing ever happens which is not essentially trivial' - where he spent many years in the employ of Australia Post. It must be said, however, that he is not always the most reliable of guides. For a period in the 1980s, he tried (unsuccessfully) to maintain the fiction among his fellow Dog Rockers that one of his arms had been amputated above the elbow. And when, in late-1996, rumours began to circulate that D'Oliveres, who is known to be partial to a smoke, had succumbed to cancer in the small town of Obliqua Creek in Far Eastern Gippsland, the rumours were not only greatly exaggerated; it turned out he started them.' (Publication abstract)
Back to the Holy Isle Susan Lever , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 175-194)
The Stud Within the Nog Paul Tankard , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 43 no. 7-8 1999; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
Beguiling Blend of Pugnacity, Acuity Mark Thomas , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 April 1999; (p. 23)
— Review of Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
Foster's Satire Susan Lever , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 21-22)
— Review of In the New Country David Foster , 1999 single work novel ; Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
An Exhilarating Ramble Round the Collapse of Rural Life A. P. Riemer , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 April 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of In the New Country David Foster , 1999 single work novel ; Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
A Demon Satirist Turns Resistance Fighter Helen Daniel , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 April 1999; (p. 6)
— Review of In the New Country David Foster , 1999 single work novel ; Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
Foster's Satire Susan Lever , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 21-22)
— Review of In the New Country David Foster , 1999 single work novel ; Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
Beguiling Blend of Pugnacity, Acuity Mark Thomas , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 April 1999; (p. 23)
— Review of Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
The Stud Within the Nog Paul Tankard , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 43 no. 7-8 1999; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 David Foster , 1999 selected work criticism biography prose
Back to the Holy Isle Susan Lever , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 175-194)
The Life and Opinions of D’Arcy D’Oliveres, Letter’d Gentleman James Ley , 2013 single work biography
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 134 2013; (p. 65-70) 'Providing a detailed account of the early, and indeed the late, life of D'Arcy D'Oliveres - author, apiarist, amateur sleuth, alleged amputee, larrikin aristocrat, renaissance postman - presents the prospective biographer with a number of problems. For it is not only the case that the readily available details of D'Oliveres's life are incomplete, sketchy and, at times, contradictory: the primary source of information about his background and his exploits is D'Oliveres himself. And he is an idiosyncratic character, to say the least. His opinions are unusual in many respects. His autobiographical writings - such as they are - are by no means comprehensive and contain much that is questionable, if not deeply implausible. A genial sort of bloke, he is always willing to give visitors guided tours of the small town of Dog Rock - 'a trivial town, where nothing ever happens which is not essentially trivial' - where he spent many years in the employ of Australia Post. It must be said, however, that he is not always the most reliable of guides. For a period in the 1980s, he tried (unsuccessfully) to maintain the fiction among his fellow Dog Rockers that one of his arms had been amputated above the elbow. And when, in late-1996, rumours began to circulate that D'Oliveres, who is known to be partial to a smoke, had succumbed to cancer in the small town of Obliqua Creek in Far Eastern Gippsland, the rumours were not only greatly exaggerated; it turned out he started them.' (Publication abstract)
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