Research Catalog

Title

The Australian short story / edited and introduced by Laurie Hergenhan.

Publication

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hergenhan, Laurie.

Description

xxxvi, 449 p.; 20 cm.

Subject

Short stories, Australian

Note

• Originally published: 1986.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [426]-449).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Union Buries Its Dead (starting p. 1) / Henry Lawson -- "Water Them Geraniums" (starting p. 6) / Henry Lawson -- The Chosen Vessel (starting p. 36) / Barbara Baynton -- "And Women Must Weep" (starting p. 44) / Henry Handel Richardson -- Happiness (starting p. 51) / Katharine Susannah Prichard -- The Triskelion (starting p. 66) / Cristina Stead -- Short-Shift Saturday (starting p. 83) / Gavin Casey -- Josie (starting p. 121) / Vance Palmer -- Trees Can Speak (starting p. 126) / Alan Marshall -- The Persimmon Tree (starting p. 132) / Marjorie Barnard -- Mother (starting p. 136) / Judah Waten -- The Incense-Burner (starting p. 151) / John Morrison -- Shadow (starting p. 165) / Peter Cowan -- A Double Because It's Snowing (starting p. 172) / Hal Porter -- Down at the Dump (starting p. 183) / Patrick White -- The Mateship Syndrome (starting p. 217) / Thelma Forshaw -- The Unicorn (starting p. 228) / Dal Stivens -- Crabs (starting p. 233) / Peter Carey -- Ore (starting p. 248) / Murray Bail -- The Airport, the Pizzeria, the Motel, the Rented Car, and the Mysteries of Life (starting p. 256) / Frank Moorhouse -- Green Grow the Rushes (starting p. 266) / T.A.G. Hungerford -- Winter Nelis (starting p. 285) / Elizabeth Jolley -- Sex in Australia from the Man's Point of View (starting p. 295) / Michael Wilding -- The Rages of Mrs. Torrens (starting p. 298) / Olga Masters -- Ismini (starting p. 310) / Beverley Farmer -- The Courts of the Lord (starting p. 319) / Fay Zwicky -- Lizards (starting p. 324) / Barry Hill -- Land Deal (starting p. 335) / Gerald Murnane -- Pension Day (starting p. 340) / Archie Weller -- Heart Is Where the Home Is (starting p. 348) / Thea Astley -- What We Say (starting p. 357) / Helen Garner -- Sybil's Kimono (starting p. 362) / Marion Halligan -- What Do You Know About Friends? (starting p. 367) / Lily Brett -- Wedding Cake (starting p. 374) / Susan Hampton -- Touching Tiananmen (starting p. 377) / Gail Jones -- Waltzing Matilda (starting p. 388) / Herb Wharton -- Night Training (starting p. 395) / David Malouf -- Notes to the Introduction (starting p. 404) -- Textual Notes (starting p. 407) -- Biographical Notes (starting p. 409) -- Select Bibliography (starting p. 426)

ISBN

0702232904

OCLC

• 51461537
• SCSB-11087985

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library