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Prelude To Waking
''Prelude to Waking : A Novel in the First Person and Parentheses'' (1950) is a novel by Australian writer Miles Franklin, which was originally published under the author's pseudonym "Brent of Bin Bin". Story outline The novel is set in England, France and the USA, in the period immediately following World War I. The story is told by Nigel Barraclough about Merlin Giltinane and her father and brother from Australia. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' noted that the author had written some fine novels using this pseudonym but: "''Prelude to Waking'', which carries a note by the author, dated 1925, will only detract from that reputation. It is a shallow tale of unreal people, built shakily and ornately on a slight situation, and told in an irritatingly affected style." Similarly Gladys Hain in ''The Argus'' was also disappointed: "Having enjoyed earlier books by Brent of Bin Bin who still remains anonymous, the reader will approach "Prelude To Waking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Franklin
Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel ''My Brilliant Career'', published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, ''All That Swagger'', was not published until 1936. She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major annual prize for literature about "Australian Life in any of its phases", the Miles Franklin Award. Her impact was further recognised in 2013 with the creation of the Stella Prize, awarded annually for the best work of literature by an Australian woman. Life and career Franklin was born at Talbingo, New South Wales, and grew up in the Brindabella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus And Robertson
Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: Angus & Robertson, 1888–1945". In: ''The History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945''. (Edited by Martyn Lyons & John Arnold), pp. 27–36. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. This well known Australian brand currently exists as an online shop owned by online bookseller Booktopia. The Angus & Robertson imprint is still seen in books published by HarperCollins, a News Corporation company. Bookselling history The first bookstore was opened in 110½ Market Street, Sydney by Scotsman David Mackenzie Angus (1855-1901) in 1884; it initially sold only secondhand books. In 1886, he went into partnership with fellow Scot George Robertson. This George Robertson should not be confused with his older contemporary, George Robertson th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Career Goes Bung
''My Career Goes Bung: Purporting to be the Autobiography of Sybylla Penelope Melvyn'' is a satirical novel by Australian author Stella "Miles" Franklin, and the sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, ''My Brilliant Career''. Written 1902−1904, revised c. 1935, but not published until 1946, 45 years after the previous work, it was written "as a corrective" to public perceptions of autobiographical details in what was supposedly fiction. Under the title of "The End of My Career", it was initially rejected by Angus & Robertson Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: A ..., the major Australian-based publisher, not just for its overt feminism, as is often claimed, but more likely for its clearly recognizable, and less than flattering, portraits of society figures and, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatoos (novel)
''Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists'' (1954) is a novel by Australian writer Miles Franklin. It was originally published under the author's pseudonym "Brent of Bin Bin". Story outline This novel in the "Brent of Bin Bin" series follows the story of 16-year-old Ignez Milford who wants to leave her farming community to pursue a singing career. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The West Australian'' noted the need for some knowledge of the series to date: "'It would be difficult fairly to review the fourth Brent of Bin Bin novel out of context with its forerunners and the long sustained legend of their authorship. The uninitiated might well find himself bewildered by so vast a company of characters, intermarried or otherwise associated through two or three generations and into which he is plunged, a stranger, in the opening chapters of ''Cockatoos''...However, to those already schooled in the tradition of Brent of Bin Bin, ''Cockatoos'' will be hailed as a welcome addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950. Books * James Aldridge – ''The Hunter'' * Jon Cleary – '' Just Let Me Be'' * Miles Franklin – '' Prelude to Waking'' * Catherine Gaskin ** ''All Else is Folly'' ** ''Dust in the Sunlight'' * Frank Hardy – ''Power Without Glory'' * Ion Idriess – ''The Wild White Man of Badu : A Story of the Coral Sea'' * Norman Lindsay – '' Dust or Polish?'' * Philip Lindsay – ''There is No Escape'' * Katharine Susannah Prichard – ''Winged Seeds'' * Nevil Shute – ''A Town Like Alice'' * F. J. Thwaites – '' Oasis of Shalimar'' * E. V. Timms – ''The Beckoning Shore'' * Arthur Upfield ** ''The Bachelors of Broken Hill'' ** ''The Widows of Broome'' Short stories * Nancy Cato – "The Trap" * Alan Marshall – "Street Scene at Midday" * John Morrison – "The Children" * Dal Stivens – "The Batting Wizard from the City" * Judah Waten ** "Mother" ** "Uncle Isaac" C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Miles Franklin
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Australian Novels
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
