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Essay: Kerryn Goldsworthyon OzLit

What we talk about when we talk about Australian literature

The rhetoric of the publicity campaign for the Classics series is grounded in blame and indignation about the alleged ‘neglect’ of Australian literature by publishers, editors, journalists and, most of all, academics…

Jan. 2013 • Australian literature
Critic Watch Essay: Ben Etheringtonon Anna Funder
  • Anna Funder All That I Am cover
  • All That I Am by Anna Funder Penguin
    250pp.
    9780062077561

The Brain Feign: All That I Am by Anna Funder

Is there an ‘epidemic of niceness’ in book reviewing? Ben Etherington examines the critical responses to Anna Funder’s All That I Am.

Jan. 2013 • Literary criticism • Critic Watch

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