Henry Handel Richardson |
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| Author:
| Ackland, Michael |
| Series title: | Australian Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-553764-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Henry Handel Richardson is one of Australia's major novelists, and one of the most elusive. An expatriate for most of her life, she worked hard to maintain her privacy, and to conceal her personal views behind an impartial authorial style. This study explores the well-springs of her fiction, her abiding concerns, and the intellectual heritage which informs her major writing. An overview of her life is provided, and all her fiction discussed. The study focuses on her engagement with the...
More DescriptionHenry Handel Richardson is one of Australia's major novelists, and one of the most elusive. An expatriate for most of her life, she worked hard to maintain her privacy, and to conceal her personal views behind an impartial authorial style. This study explores the well-springs of her fiction, her abiding concerns, and the intellectual heritage which informs her major writing. An overview of her life is provided, and all her fiction discussed. The study focuses on her engagement with the sexual politics of the time, on inherited concerns, and on contemporary theories of gender. The impact on her fiction is demonstrated of writers as diverse as Hoffman and Wedekind, Weiniger, Freud and Schopenhauer. Ackland grounds her work in European thought, while also showing why she is of central importance to Australian and Women's Studies. Henry Handel Richardson adds significant dimension to our understanding of her achievement.