1st Edition

Patrick White's Fiction

By William Walsh Copyright 1977
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1977, this study is both a sympathetic insight into the Nobel Prize winning author Patrick White and his work and also a guidebook and map to one of the most complicated and significant bodies of work in 20 th century literature. Along with creative energy the qualities of largeness and uninhibited confidence are present in all White’s major works and in particular the... Read more

1. Beginnings: Happy Valley, The Living and the Dead 2. Promise: The Aunt’s Story; The Tree of Man 3. Major Phase I: Voss; Riders in the Chariot 4. Other Work: The Burnt Ones; the Cockatoos; Four Plays 5. Major Phase II: The Solid Mandala; The Vivisector 6. The Latest Phase: The Eye of the Storm; A Fringe of Leaves 7. A Rare Talent

Biography

William Walsh

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