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After spending many years in a religious order, Dominic Kirkham describes how he was driven to meet the challenge of modern thinking, an exercise that has proved both freeing and frightening. He says this has been “something of a personal odyssey, which now spans a lifetime of over six decades and is still ongoing.” He adds that “the presumption of the book is that this is of more than personal interest because the subject matter affects everyone; my personal journey will no doubt reflect that of many others.” In a broad sweep from Neolithic times to the twenty-first century, he considers our human quest for meaning and a good life, and how we can engage in it today.

The Boyd family is Australia's most remarkable artistic dynasty. This work traces the emergence of an extraordinary artistic tradition. It places the Boyds in their historical and personal contexts, tells the interwoven stories of their brilliant careers, and analyses the shaping influences on their lives.

Covering a period of more than 45 years, this is the first collection of the writings of international figure Lloyd Geering—a premier public intellectual who was once found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian Church. With never-before-seen material, this compendium demonstrates the remarkable consistency in the thought of this increasingly influential thinker. Provocative and heartfelt, this compilation provides a fascinating coverage of the engagement of religion and the modern world.

This is the first volume of essays by various hands on the work of the great Australian novelist Christina Stead (1902-83). It provides an overview of Stead criticism, including pioneering 'classic' essays, together with a selection from the burgeoning critical literature of the 1980s and '90s, and several articles not previously published.

This collection of critical essays covers writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day.

This study breaks new ground in its concentration on England and the English in Stead's writing, and in its tackling of Stead's work in the context of current postcolonial thinking. Blake's readings of the 'neglected' English novels, Cotters' England and Miss Herbert (The Suburban Wife), show Stead making politically astute and darkly critical fictions of a 'very backward country'.

This authoritative and comprehensive reference book is the first chronological account of the major Australian fiction writers from 1830 to the 1990s. Brief biographical information on the writers accompanies a critical discussion of the work. Each entry stands alone but the book can be read as a chronological account of the extraordinary development of Australian fiction over a period of 160 years.

A factual, across-the-board introduction to the many faiths and spiritual paths in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

During his lifetime, internationally celebrated New Zealand thinker and author Lloyd Geering has published numerous thought-provoking books on the nature of religious belief -- and has also been tried for heresy (in 1967). This book critiques Geering's now well-known religious atheism in terms of its philosophical underpinnings. The authors look at the justifications of 'Geeringism', in particular his rejection of the cognitive content (and other aspects) of Christian belief, and illuminate not only the specifics of his approach to the age-old question 'How are we to live?', but also the wider set of ideas from which such issues have arisen.

Vols. for 1939-1944 include the Annual report of the Australian English Association; v. for 1945-1946 include the Annual report of the Sydney Branch of the English Association.

In this new edition, what was already an expansive work has been updated and further enlarged to include information not only on American and British novelists but also on writers in English from around the world.

Christina Stead is often coupled with Patrick White as the two most important Australian-born novelists of this century. Her published work spans five decades, but official recognition came late in her life, with an Emeritus Fellowship from the Australian National University in 1979 and the NSW Premier's Award for her contribution to Australian literature in 1982. This cross-section of Stead's work, both published and unpublished, amply displays the range of her writing as well as her political and social views. Her fiction is represented by selections from three novels and short fiction with Australian settings and associations, and by the complete novella The Puzzleheaded Girl. Material previously unavailable in book form includes extracts from interviews and the draft of a rare public talk on "The Uses of the Many Charactered Novel".

Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.

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