Drafts & revisions

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…

Introduces a newly-found manuscript of Boake’s most famous poem which differs from a later printed version.

Reads The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in light of its two anterior plays, Kid Stakes and Other Times, arguing that these works clarify…

When Martin Boyd was urged by his Australian publishers, in 1968, to continue the Langton novels, he explained that he could not do so, because…

Pender’s article reveals information from newly discovered Christina Stead manuscripts, and proposes a new reading, in the light of these materials, of Stead’s posthumously published…

In January and February 1983, while researching David McKee Wright's poetry and critical writings, I discovered among his papers (donated by his daughter April Hersey)…

Examines Baynton’s story ‘The Chosen Vessel’ and its critical reception by Phillips and others with regard to the relationship between narrative and gender. ‘Focusing on…

Between 1948 and 1964 Francis Webb published five books of verse, A Drum for Ben Boyd (1948), Leichhardt in Theatre (1952), Birthday (1953), Socrates (1961)…

This article concentrates on the characterisation of Dora, the heroine in the serialised version of His Natural Life. The author wants ‘to cast new…

Discusses Malouf’s account of the composing of the novel in late 1976 and considers the implications of changes, particularly as they relate to the title…