Ruth Park
Articles
- ‘Hearts of Gold and a Happy Ending’: The Appeal of The Harp in the South
Discusses the popular appeal of Ruth Park's novel The Harp in the South in the context of Park's lukewarm critical reception.
1 May 1990 - ‘The Craft So Long to Learn’: Ruth Park’s Story of Ruth Park
It is tempting, but upon reflection not quite accurate, to describe Ruth Park's autobiography as a Künstlerroman, that subtype of Bildungsroman which has been…
1 May 1996 - ‘Taking a Risk’: Disability, Prejudice and Advocacy in the Editing and Publishing History of Ruth Park’s Swords and Crowns and Rings
Ruth Park’s award-winning novel, Swords and Crowns and Rings had a fascinating, and so far largely unknown, journey to publication. This article traces the editorial…
23 May 2022 - Ruth Park’s Charlie Rothe: Reading Harp in the South (1948) and Poor Man’s Orange (1949)
Ruth Park’s novels The Harp in the South (1948) and Poor Man’s Orange (1949) portray a fictional Irish-Australian family living in the actual inner-city neighbourhood…
18 December 2023