A free flame : Australian women writers and vocation in the twentieth century / Ann-Marie Priest.
Publication details: Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2018.Description: 160 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781742589589
- Harwood, Gwen, 1920-1995
- Hewett, Dorothy, 1923-2002
- Park, Ruth, 1917-2010
- Harwood, Gwen, 1920-1995 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Hewett, Dorothy, 1923-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Park, Ruth, 1917-2010 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- Hewett, Dorothy
- Harwood, Gwen
- Park, Ruth
- Harwood, Gwen
- Hewett, Dorothy
- Park, Ruth
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- 1900-1999
- Women authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography
- Biography, Literature & Literary studies
- The Arts
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, Australian
- Australian
- A823.3 23
- PR9602.7 .P75 2018
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 823.3 PRI | Available | 067570 |
Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information).
Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-158)
"I need to be a writer," Ruth Park told her future husband, D'Arcy Niland, on the eve of their marriage. She was not the only one. At a time when women were considered incapable of being "real" artists, a number of precocious girls in Australian cities were weighing their chances and laying their plans. "A Free Flame" explores the lives of four such women, Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Christina Stead, and Ruth Park, each of whom went on to become a notable Australian writer. They were very different women from very different backgrounds, but they shared a sense of urgency around their vocation -- their 'need' to be a writer -- that would not let them rest. Weaving biography, literary criticism, and cultural history, this book looks at the ways in which these women laid siege to the artist's identity, and ultimately remade it in their own image.