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'Our minds are like those maps at the entrance to the Metro stations in Paris. They are full of unilluminated directions. But when we know where we want to go and press the right button, the route is illuminated before us in electric clarity.
Diana von Flugel warned her husband: a piece of toast that hard could break a tooth. When Diana goes to Melbourne to have the tooth fixed, Wolfie is far too concerned with finding inspiration for his musical compositions to realise the chain of events he has just set in motion. On Collins Street, Russell Lockwood catches a glimpse of his childhood friend and knows at once that she is a rare woman…
Now Diana and Wolfie’s marriage is under threat, the Great War is approaching, and no one quite knows where their hearts belong. First published in 1957, the third novel in Martin Boyd’s celebrated Langton Quartet is a beguiling comedy of manners about the outbreak of love in inconvenient places. ' (Publisher's blurb)
Adaptations
- form y Outbreak of Love ( dir. Oscar Whitbread ) 1981 Australia : ABC Television , 1981 Z305931 1981 series - publisher film/TV A three-part drama series based on Martin Boyd's novel of the same name, Outbreak of Love explores the lives of a well-to-do section of Melbourne society in the years leading up to World War One.
Contents
- Introduction, essay
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction
2013
essay
— Appears in: Outbreak of Love 2013; -
The Cultural Logic of Martin Boyd's Anti-Puritan Novels
2007-2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 21-22 2007-2008; (p. 46-56) -
Orpheus in the Underworld : Music in the Novels of Robertson Davies and Martin Boyd
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 5 no. 1 1991; (p. 5-12) -
The Significance of "Outbreak of Love" in the "Langton Tetralogy"
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 192-204) - y Martin Boyd's Anglo-Australian Novels : A Study of the Development of Major Themes Canberra : 1987 19385333 1987 single work thesis 'This thesis explores the development of major themes in Martin Boyd's Anglo Australian novels, that is, The Mont forts, Lucinda Bray ford and the Langton sequence. Examination of these novels shows that, though constantly drawing on Boyd's family background and his personal experience in both Australia and Europe, they are not repetitive, but demonstrate a trend towards growing maturity in writing.' (Abstract introduction)
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Fiction Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 432-436)
— Review of A Handful of Pennies 1958 single work novel ; Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel ; Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel ; Snowball 1958 single work novel -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 March 1971; (p. 14)
— Review of A Difficult Young Man 1955 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel ; When Blackbirds Sing 1962 single work novel -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Review , 25 April 1971; (p. 828)
— Review of A Difficult Young Man 1955 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel ; When Blackbirds Sing 1962 single work novel -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 June 1971; (p. 22)
— Review of When Blackbirds Sing 1962 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel -
[Review] The Cardboard Crown
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 April 1971; (p. 17)
— Review of When Blackbirds Sing 1962 single work novel ; The Cardboard Crown 1952 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel -
The Cultural Logic of Martin Boyd's Anti-Puritan Novels
2007-2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 21-22 2007-2008; (p. 46-56) -
Fact and Fiction
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Martin Boyd's Langton Novels 1980; (p. 1-7) -
Outbreak of Love
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Martin Boyd's Langton Novels 1980; (p. 29-40) -
Martin Boyd : An Appraisal
1966
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 4 1966; (p. 219-234) -
Orpheus in the Underworld : Music in the Novels of Robertson Davies and Martin Boyd
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 5 no. 1 1991; (p. 5-12)
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1910s