My Brilliant Career and Feminism

Abstract

Considers My Brilliant Career in terms of Franklin's dual commitments to literature and politics: 'Could it be argued ... that Miles Franklin was so committedly a feminist, and a nationalist, from the moment she began to write that what she calls 'causes' formed a central element in her creativity, and that working for one fuelled the other?'

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Published 1 October 2002 in Volume 20 No. 4. Subjects: Feminism, Political ideologies, Miles Franklin.

Cite as: Magarey, Susan. ‘My Brilliant Career and Feminism.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 20, no. 4, 2002, doi: 10.20314/als.cdf2f2bef9.