Emperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen-Murray Smith of Overland

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 Q3 AREA STUDIES
Jon Piccini
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Party days whom Davidson presents in a rather unflattering light, was a favourite. Curtin famously quoted from O’Dowd’s “Dawnward?” in the New Year’s message published in the Melbourne Herald late in 1941, an article that would be inflated into his famous appeal to America. He read Zora Cross and was a friend and correspondent of Mary Gilmore, who wrote verse in praise of Curtin when he was prime minister. It was not all high-minded. While Curtin told the press in 1941 that he had for 20 years maintained a Sunday night ritual of at least an hour of reading poetry, Davidson also records that he read westerns, detective thrillers, romance novels and other light fiction to relax. Davidson writes with verve and only rare and trivial factual slips. He has been meticulous in reconstructing Curtin’s reading—not only what he read, but what he did with it in his private and public life. He has also had to engage in some serious detective work and stylistic analysis in tying pseudonymous literary commentary to Curtin, even while uncertainties of identification remain in some instances. This most interesting and innovative study will be indispensable to anyone serious about understanding Curtin, and the milieux, culture and society that produced him.
利力浦特的皇帝:米纳金的克莱姆·克里斯滕森和欧弗兰的斯蒂芬-默里·史密斯
戴维森用一种相当不讨人喜欢的方式描绘的聚会日子,是他最喜欢的。科廷引用了奥多德著名的《黎明?1941年晚些时候,《墨尔本先驱报》(Melbourne Herald)发表了一篇新年贺词,这篇文章后来被夸大为他对美国的著名呼吁。他读过佐拉·克罗斯的书,是玛丽·吉尔摩的朋友和通讯员,吉尔摩在科廷担任首相期间写过赞美他的诗。这并不全是高尚的。科廷在1941年告诉媒体,20年来,他一直保持着周日晚上至少读一个小时诗歌的习惯,戴维森也记录了他读西部片、侦探惊悚小说、爱情小说和其他轻松小说来放松。戴维森写得神采奕奕,只有一些罕见的琐碎的错误。他一丝不苟地重建科廷的阅读——不仅是他所读的,还有他在私人和公共生活中所做的。他还必须从事一些严肃的侦探工作和文体分析,将笔名文学评论与科廷联系起来,即使在某些情况下身份仍然不确定。这本最有趣、最具创新性的研究对于任何认真了解科廷以及产生他的环境、文化和社会的人来说都是必不可少的。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) is the journal of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA). In print since the mid-1970s, in the last few decades JAS has been involved in some of the most important discussion about the past, present and future of Australia. The Journal of Australian Studies is a fully refereed, international quarterly journal which publishes scholarly articles and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history and literature. The editorial practice is to promote and include multi- and interdisciplinary work.
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