Description |
xiv, 384 pages ; 19 cm |
Contents |
Poor Jo (1873) / Marcus Clarke -- Miss Jackson (1892) / Francis Adams -- 'Some Day' (1896) / Henry Lawson -- The Wind of Destiny (1897) / Ada Cambridge -- Nanya (c. 1920) / William Ferguson -- Christmas (c. 1931) / M. Barnard Eldershaw -- White Kid Gloves (1932) / Katharine Susannah Prichard -- Lady with a Scar (1940) / Frank Dalby Davison -- Solemn Mass (1941) / Dal Stivens -- What Else is There? (1946) / Margaret Trist -- Murder! (1956) / Ethel Anderson -- The Jumping Jeweller of Lavender Bay (1958) / Hugh Atkinson -- To Margaret (1962) / John Morrison -- Miss Slattery and Her Demon Lover (1964) / Patrick White -- The Nature of Love (1966) / Judith Wright -- Street Idyll (1972) / Christina Stead -- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z (1975) / Murray Bail -- He Found Her in Late Summer (1979) / Peter Carey -- The Letters (1980) / Frank Moorhouse -- Snake (1983) / Beverley Farmer -- Stan and Mary, Mary and Stan (1985) / Olga Masters |
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A Clear Conscience (1986) / Robert Dessaix -- Enough Rope (1986) / Joan London -- Pumpkin Max (1986) / Tim Herbert -- Getting There (1987) / Thea Astley -- What the Soul Wants (1987) / Helen Garner -- Crested Pigeons (1989) / Brian Matthews -- The Lobster Queen (1989) / Susan Hampton -- A Bottle of Tears (1990) / Amy Witting -- Mirnmirt (1990) / Jimmy Pike -- The Red Pearl (1990) / Beth Yahp -- Something Shocking (1991) / Lily Brett -- Maytime Fair (1993) / Carmel Bird -- I Asked the Angels For Inspiration (1995) / Venero Armanno -- Republic of Love (1996) / Delia Falconer |
Summary |
Kerryn Goldsworthy has selected thirty-five stories by different authors, all concerned with romantic or sexual love, from moments of intimacy and ecstasy to rejection and betrayal |
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The literature of romance is a varied as it is abundant. The words 'love story' suggest the kind of story that begins with a glance and ends with a sunset or a trip down the aisle. But reflections on Cathy and Heathcliff, Romeo and Juliet, Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas introduce mythic lovers who could not be further from the happy stereotype. The great love stories that everyone remembers are those in which desire confronts and challenges the social order and eventually - sometimes spectacularly - loses. This anthology contains both kinds of stories, and some others as well. Many subvert the conventions of the happy ending or the grand tragedy, and in doing so tell us something about love, and storytelling, in Australia. Hardship, distance, and history have all played their part in the evolution of Australian relations and gender roles |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
Romance fiction, Australian.
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Short stories, Australian.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Author |
Goldsworthy, Kerryn, 1953-
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LC no. |
97103750 |
ISBN |
0195537726 |
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