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Notes
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A companion volume to Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition (ed. Douglas Stewart).
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Includes an Introduction by Beatrice Davis and brief biographical notes on the authors.
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' The Moderns attempts to show in what new or different directions the short story in Australia has developed since 1940 or thereabouts.' - from editor's Introduction.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Because of the Ruzilla Because of the Rusilla, Mena Abdullah , Ray Mathew , single work short story (p. 1-8)
- Forgive Us Our Trespass, single work short story war literature (p. 9-15)
- The Rector's Wife Tempts the Bishop with a Brew of Nyppe, single work short story humour (p. 16-32)
- The Persimmon Tree, single work short story (p. 33-36)
- Come on, Billy, single work short story (p. 37-42)
- That Day at the Brown Lakes, single work short story (p. 43-48)
- The Schomberg Rock The Pilgrimage Year, single work short story (p. 49-60)
- The Tractor, single work short story (p. 61-74)
- The Wowser, single work short story humour (p. 74-83)
- The Cost of Things, single work short story (p. 84-97)
- In One's Own House, single work short story (p. 98-112)
- The Corvidae, single work short story satire humour (p. 113-125)
- The Pelican, single work short story (p. 126-132)
- Trees Can Speak, single work short story (p. 133-137)
- A Real Lie, single work short story (p. 138-153)
- Burning Off, single work short story (p. 154-161)
- Goyai, single work short story (p. 162-170)
- Francis Silver, single work short story (p. 171-181)
- Clara, single work short story (p. 182-190)
- A Schoolie and a Ghost, single work short story (p. 191-200)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Year Book of World Affairs , vol. 23 no. 1969; (p. 332-333)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Year Book of World Affairs , vol. 23 no. 1969; (p. 332-333)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 31 no. 4 1969; (p. 479-485) -
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns [and] Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Left Review , no. 2 1968; (p. 40-45)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story ; Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition 1967 anthology short story -
Lawson and the Short Story of Australia,
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July no. 2 1968; (p. 83-87)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story
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[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 January 1968; (p. 11)
— Review of On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967 anthology poetry short story extract criticism biography ; Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
A Credibility Gap in Australia's Short Stories
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 October vol. 89 no. 4573 1967; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 November 1967; (p. 19)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 November 1967; (p. 16)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story -
[Review] Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns [and] Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 November 1967; (p. 23)
— Review of Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967 anthology short story ; Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition 1967 anthology short story -
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia
1968
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 30 no. 4 1968; (p. 478-485) -
The International Symposium on the Short Story : Australia
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kenyon Review , vol. 31 no. 4 1969; (p. 479-485)
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