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Contents
- Landscape with Freckled Woman, single work short story (p. 1-25)
- Sipping the Essence, single work short story (p. 27-70)
- The Battle of Acosta Nu, single work short story (p. 71-122)
- A Quieter Place than Clun, single work short story (p. 123-170)
- Charlie Alcock's Cock, single work short story (p. 171-215)
- Landscape with Artist, single work short story (p. 217-267)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Signs of Anguish in Gerald Murnane’s Landscape with Landscape
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Contemporary Foreign Literature , no. 1 2021; (p. 82-88) 'Gerald Murnane’s landmark novel, Landscape with Landscape(1985), is a masterpiece of Australian postmodern experimental fiction. Divided into six parts, which could be read as six independent stories, the book adopts the structure of embedded Chinese Boxes, providing both unity and a feeling of inescapable entrapment. The characters in the book use a series of images, such as juice, freckles on a woman’s skin and the mandala, to communicate their secret impulses and desires for the real beyond life’s immediate impressions. Through these images, the book examines the wide gap between flesh and spirit, ideals and reality in Australian society and literary writing, and the depression and anguish of a new generation of Australian writers. With its allegorical presentation of the inescapable confinement and anguish experienced by emerging writers, this book stands as a classic work of Australian anguish on the eve of the country’s literary modernization.' (Publication abstract) -
The Story of Norstrilia Press
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , April no. 98 2019; (p. 71-84)
— Review of The Altered I : An Encounter with Science Fiction 1976 anthology short story criticism poetry ; The View from the Edge : A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories 1977 anthology short story ; Moon in the Ground 1979 single work novel ; The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera 1980 single work novel ; The Stellar Gauge : Essays on Science Fiction Writers 1980 anthology criticism ; Lavington Pugh 1982 single work novel ; An Unusual Angle 1983 single work novel ; The Plains 1982 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story ; Dreamworks : Strange New Stories 1983 anthology short story ; In the Heart or in the Head : An Essay in Time Travel 1984 single work autobiography criticism -
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Grounded Visionary : The Mystic Fictions of Gerald Murnane
Oxford
:
Peter Lang
,
2019
22038132
2019
multi chapter work
criticism
'Grounded Visionary: The Mystic Fictions of Gerald Murnane is a reading of Australian writer Gerald Murnane’s fiction in the light of what is known as the Perennial Philosophy, a philosophical tradition that positions itself as the mystical foundation of all the world’s religions and spiritual systems. The essential tenet of that philosophy is that at a fundamental level all of life is a unity―consciousness and world are the same thing―and that it is possible, if extremely difficult, for the discriminating individual mind to experience this wholeness. Murnane’s work can be seen not to take its lead from writings in this philosophical tradition but rather to resonate with many of them through Murnane’s unique artistic expression of his experience of the world. The crux of the argument is that beneath their yearnings for landscapes and love, Murnane’s narrators and chief characters are all in search of the essential unity that the Perennial Philosophy postulates.
'Taking its cue from Murnane’s self-description as a "technical writer," this book examines each of the author’s works in detail to reveal how structures and themes are seamlessly woven together to create artworks that shimmer with mystery while at the same time remaining thoroughly grounded in the actual.
'Grounded Visionary is the first full-length study of Gerald Murnane’s work to tackle head-on his underlying mystical sensibility and is also the first to deal comprehensively with the author’s complete fictional output from Tamarisk Row to Border Districts. This book will be of interest to all lovers of modern literature and will be of special interest to students of Australian literature and those concerned with the interface between art and spirituality.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Robert Wood Reviews Landscape with Landscape by Gerald Murnane
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2017;
— Review of Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story -
Branching Out in the Terrain of Imagination
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 18)
— Review of Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story
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Norstrilia Press Catalogue
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 15 , April 1996; (p. 1-2)
— Review of The View from the Edge : A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories 1977 anthology short story ; In the Heart or in the Head : An Essay in Time Travel 1984 single work autobiography criticism ; An Unusual Angle 1983 single work novel ; Dreamworks : Strange New Stories 1983 anthology short story ; The Plains 1982 single work novel ; The Dreaming Dragons : A Time Opera 1980 single work novel ; Moon in the Ground 1979 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story -
Penguins New and Revisited
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , June vol. 7 no. 2 1988; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Well Dressed Explorer 1962 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story ; That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel ; Minimum of Two 1987 selected work short story ; Testostero 1987 single work novel ; The Invaluable Mystery 1987 single work novel ; Holden's Performance 1987 single work novel -
Fear and Landscapes
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 27-28)
— Review of The House at Hardie's Corner 1984 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story -
Flawed Fiction from a Local, Modish Messiah
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 June vol. 108 no. 5473 1985; (p. 93)
— Review of Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story -
Gerald Murnane : Landscape with Author
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Scripsi , August vol. 3 no. 2-3 1985; (p. 64-73)
— Review of Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story -
Gerald Murnane : Exploring the Real Country
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction 2004; (p. 145-194) -
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : The Geography of a Man Possessed By Impossibility
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 29-32) -
Gerald Murnane's Travels into Regions Assumed to Be Known : The Inland Sea
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 32-36) -
An Interview with Gerald Murnane
Ludmilla Forsyth
(interviewer),
1987
single work
interview
— Appears in: Murnane 1987; (p. 42-68) -
Creating Suburban Fantasies
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Exploring Suburbia: The Suburbs in the Contemporary Australian Novel 2012; (p. 191-247)
Awards
- 1986 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel