Critical reception

Turner offers a reading of Robbery Under Arms as an adventure story and assesses its merit in terms of that genre. The portrayal of characters…

Mary Lord interviews Hal Porter about his career, approach to writing, critical reception and literary influences.

Hergenhan reads and compares contemporary reviews of Geoffry Hamlin, noting differences in the novel's reception between Australian and English reviews.

For the Term of His Natural Life has proved by the test of time to be one of the most popular Australian novels, but it…

The form of Kangaroo has found few admirers. John Middleton Murry described it as 'a chaotic book. It has many passages of great descriptive beauty…

McCallum discusses the critical reception of West's neglected first novel, Moon in My Pocket.

'Whatever a stern criticism may say as to the abiding merit of his work, at least there can be no doubt as to the value…

This paper examines Henry Kingsley's critical reception and his uncertain position in nineteenth century literary history. Wellings examines elements of Ravenshoe otherwise not accounted for…

A reappraisal of Baylebridge’s work in the light of what the author calls an ‘ambivalent’ attitude of previous critics towards Baylebridge.

Few Australian critics would to-day be prepared to say that the Australian theatre contributes on equal terms with other centres of activity to the development…

The history of The Sentimental Bloke and his critics presents a number of interesting questions which in the first instance are literary, but expand into…

Sykes examines British criticism of Australian plays, including a number by David Williamson, noting persistent focus on the plays as records of 'Australian life'. Sykes…

It is now eight years since the first book by Kath Walker caused a stir in Australian literary circles; and she has recently published her…

Challenges H.M. Green’s judgement that William Gosse Hay’s talent was ‘not of the first order, even by Australian standards’. Investigates the basis of this reputation…

In brief, 'The Man from Snowy River' seems to possess none of those attributes whereby a critic might justify its wide and continued popularity. Judith…

This article surveys the reception of a German translation (by Thomas Eichhorn, 2004) of Murray’s Fredy Neptune in German-speaking countries. It looks at responses to…

Places My Brilliant Career in the wider context of late nineteenth century Australian writing and literary cultures, examining its position in the Australian literary canon…

The author’s account of Fly Away Peter is intended ‘to raise the question of the relation between Malouf’s closely intertwined narratives of the Great War…

The article examines the ways in which anti-Semitism functions in Tsiolkas's novel and whether it perpetuates or interrogates racism. ‘Discussions of Tsiolkas's motivations for writing…

The article looks at the last four novels by Jolley which were ‘somewhat neglected by scholars’. Taken as a body of ‘late work’ with some…