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Restless spirit
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Haynes, RD, Restless spirit, History Australia, 8, (3) pp. 216-218. ISSN 1449-0854 (2011) [Review Single Work]
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Abstract
‘Who is E L Grant Watson?’ could well be the first response of most
readers on encountering this biography. Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson
has remained almost unknown in Australia, despite the respect his
novels were accorded in Britain and America during his lifetime, and
the acclaim they received from literary historian Henry Mackenzie
Green and critic Dorothy Green. More recently several critics, including
this reviewer, have ‘discovered’ his six Australian novels (published
1914–35) set in the Western Australian desert, and been struck by his
evocative descriptions of the landscape. This biography considerably
expands our knowledge of this elusive author and helpfully summarises
the Australian novels in an Appendix. Hopefully it will encourage
readers to unearth copies of the novels (five now out of print) and even
prompt publishers to reprint them.
Item Details
Item Type: | Review Single Work |
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Keywords: | EL Grant Watson, review, Australia History |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Linguistics |
Research Field: | Historical, comparative and typological linguistics |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Heritage |
Objective Field: | Conserving natural heritage |
UTAS Author: | Haynes, RD (Dr Roslynn Haynes) |
ID Code: | 121381 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2017-09-27 |
Last Modified: | 2017-09-27 |
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