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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Miles Franklin , Bruce K. MartinPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: Critical ed. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9781551116778ISBN 10: 1551116774 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 30 September 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Map 1: Australia and New Zealand in 1904 Map 2: Miles Franklin Country Introduction Miles Franklin and My Brilliant Career: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text My Brilliant Career Appendix A: Correspondence Related to the Publication of My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin to Angus & Robertson (30 March 1899) Miles Franklin to Henry Lawson (19 November 1899) Henry Lawson to Miles Franklin (January 1900) Miles Franklin to Henry Lawson (19 April 1900) William Blackwood to James B. Pinker (29 January 1901) Miles Franklin to William Blackwood (6 February 1901) James B. Pinker to Miles Franklin (15 April 1901) Miles Franklin to James B. Pinker (18 November 1901) James B. Pinker to Miles Franklin (30 December 1901) Appendix B: Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Australian Feminist Perspectives From Ada Cambridge, Unspoken Thoughts (1887) “Fallen” “An Answer” From Louisa Lawson, The Dawn (June 1889) “Unhappy Love Matches” From Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Australian Woman’s Sphere (January 1902) “The Two Laws” From Barbara Baynton, Bush Studies (1902) “The Chosen Vessel” Rose Scott (1847-1925) “Woman to Man” From Miles Franklin, Some Everyday Folk and Dawn (1909) Appendix C: Early Responses to My Brilliant Career Henry Lawson, “Preface” to the first edition of My Brilliant Career (1901) The Academy (July/December 1901) “Recent Novels,” The Times (23 August 1901) “A Bookful of Sunlight,” The Bulletin (23 September 1901) The Weekly Critical Review (17 September 1903) “Miles Franklin,” Australian Woman’s Sphere (15 April 1904) Select BibliographyReviewsBruce K. Martin's deep understanding of Australian history and literature informs both his textual analyses and his editorial choices. He strikes a praiseworthy balance in his introduction--writing with the precision that will appeal to scholars and the clarity that will keep it accessible to students. I particularly appreciate the book's added features, such as the chronology, appendices, and bibliography. The appendices are judiciously selected, and provide readers with a clear sense of the climate of the book's production and reception. With Martin's expert guidance, the reader deftly navigates the work's many complexities. --Linda Watts “Bruce K. Martin’s deep understanding of Australian history and literature informs both his textual analyses and his editorial choices. He strikes a praiseworthy balance in his introduction—writing with the precision that will appeal to scholars and the clarity that will keep it accessible to students. I particularly appreciate the book’s added features, such as the chronology, appendices, and bibliography. The appendices are judiciously selected, and provide readers with a clear sense of the climate of the book’s production and reception. With Martin’s expert guidance, the reader deftly navigates the work’s many complexities.” — Linda Watts, University of Washington Bothell Author InformationBruce K. Martin is Professor Emeritus of English at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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