Reading the ‘Gold Coast Symphony’ in Thea Astley’s The Acolyte
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DOI: 10.1017/qre.2019.29
Abstract: Abstract Thea Astley is a figure who is strongly associated with music, both in her life interests and in her writing rhythms and allusions; this article investigates the uses of music in her 1972 novel… read more here.
Keywords: gold coast; acolyte; music; thea astley ... See more keywords
The death of Australian literature in Thea Astley’s Drylands
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DOI: 10.1017/qre.2019.31
Abstract: Abstract This article reads Thea Astley’s final novel in the context of rhetoric about the death of Australian literature that has been a mainstay of our national culture almost since its inception. In the early… read more here.
Keywords: literature; australian literature; book; death australian ... See more keywords