Sillitoe’s Tree On Fire draws critique of windy prose
A literary review surveys Alan Sillitoe and Phillip Roth novels with focus on The Death of William Posters and A Tree On Fire. It notes fading popularity, verbose rhetoric, and uneven portrayal of working class life amid shifting settings from Nottingham to Tangier and Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Burgess
Sillitoe
William Posters
Frank Dawley
Dawley
Pat
Frank
Nottingham
Myra
Tangier
FLN
Algeria
Baby
England
Albert Handley
Handley
Wife
Republished Age of Consent and Sillitoe critique overview
A compendium review covers Norman Lindsay reissues of Age of Consent and a critical appraisal of Alan Sillitoe and Philip Roth works. It notes Lindsay's 1938 New York origin, Australian editions, and the anti Victorian tone, while also judging Roth's When She Was Good as uneven, focusing on adolescent themes and parental deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lindsay
Lindsay
James Mason
Australia
New York
Ure Smith
Phillip Roth
Herman Wouwk
Marjorie Morningstar
Budrys originality questioned in Iron Thorn review
After reading Budrys novels Rogue Moon and Who the critic discusses The Iron Thorn and other Budrys works. The piece appears in a science fiction review column noting themes and authorial style. Three Gollancz editions are listed with prices and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algis Budrys
Gollancz
Frederik Pohl
Edward L. Ferman
William Morris as Designer and Other Notes
A review profiles William Morris as a pivotal designer and craftsman, detailing his Gothic revival influences, Arts and Crafts impact, and unity of art and labor. It contrasts Morris's idealism with later Bauhaus thought, notes his firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company, and mentions the book’s plates and jacket design. It also surveys science fiction work by Budrys, Budrys' novels and story collections, and praises Galaxy and Fantasy and Science Fiction anthologies, highlighting standout pieces and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Poe
William Morris
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company
Dows
Ruskin
Pugin
Bauhaus
Frederik Pohl
L. J. Stecher, Jr
Harlan Ellison
Lloyd Biggle Jr
Kenneth Bulmer
Norman Spinrad
John Shepley
Robert M. Green Jr
Mose Malette
Menzies and Other Biographies Featured in New Releases
A selection of biographies and novels reviewed includes MENZIES: LAST OF THE URE'S MEN by Kevin Co, challenging and provocative about Australia's greatest statesman, and THE ROO SHOOTER by Keith Weatherly. Also featured are Svetlana by Enzo Bing, LIGHTNING RIDGE by Jon Idriess, RESTLESS MEN by Peter Pinney, VERSE BY YOUNG AUSTRALIANS, THE GOLDEN LAMB by Irene Gow, ROeland Schumen et al, and THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE retold by Elizabeth and Gerald Rose.
Poetry of youth VERSE BY YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
A lengthy review of the anthology Poetry of Youth Edited by Madeline Kempster Margaret Backhouse and Ella Turnbull Rigby 168pp priced 275 cited as a varied ambitious collection by Australian children. It notes creation by schools across States with Education Department support and praise from critics Col in Thiele and Peter Kelso. The piece highlights three age groups 8 12 13 15 16 18 and examples from poets K Aylward Janne Thiele Christina Wedd J Diplock and K Aldridge. It laments lack of an index while praising the work overall and its social political and personal scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Kempster
Margaret Backhouse
Ella Turnbull
Rigby
Australian Council For
Ella
Mary Gilmore
Henry Lawson
Education Department
Colin Roderick
Colin Thiele
Peter Kelso
Janne Thiele
Christina Wedd
Saul
J. Diplock
K. Aldridge
New Omar Khayyam Translation Draws Mixed Scholarly Reaction
A review of Graves and Ali-Shah's Cassel 86pp translation of Omar Khayyam criticizes its lack of biographical context and fuller notes, questions the chosen manuscript basis, complains of a sparse bibliography, and notes that while closer to the Persian, the blank verse loses the original’s sharpness compared to Arberry and Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Khayyam
Robert Graves
Omar Ali-Shah
Cassel
Fitzgerald
Ani
Birtha
Khayyam
Arberry
Graves- Shah
R. Nicholson
Hujwiri
Professor Arberry
Fi Id
Graves-Shah
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Oxford
Rosetti
Madox Brown
Burne-Jones
Tion
Mars
Earth
Budrys
Galaxy
Angus & Robertson
Menzies: Last OF the Ure
Kevin Co
Rigby At
Menzies
Keith Weatherly
Svetlana
Enzo B
Hodder and
Sto
Enzo Bing
Russia
Jon Idriess
Peter Pinney
Dame Mary Gilmore
Council For Child Advancement
Irene Gow
Heinemann
World's Work
Roeland Schumen
Elizabeth
Gerald Rose
Faber
Angus
Robertson Ltd
Kingston
East Row
Civic
Pirle Street
Fyshwick
K. Aylward
ZYG Bookbinding Works Pty Ltd
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Anow
A. J. Et A
Day
Mr Graves
Graves
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S. A. A. Rizvi
The
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