Kings in Grass Castles. [On the Durack Family of Australia. With Plates, Including Portraits.].
Kings in Grass Castles. [On the Durack Family of Australia. With Plates, Including Portraits.].

Author: Mary Durack

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13:

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When Patrick Durack left Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a dynasty of pioneers, and build an empire of cattle-land across the great stretches of Australia. His grand-daughter, Mary Durack, with a profound sense of family history, has rebuilt the saga of the Duracks, a saga that is the story of Australia itself, huge, pioneering, and tremendous in concept.

Towards a Poetics of Creative Writing
Towards a Poetics of Creative Writing

Author: Dominique Hecq

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2015-03-06

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1783093242

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This book offers an in-depth study of the poetics of creative writing as a subject in the dramatically changing context of practice as research, taking into account the importance of the subjectivity of the writer as researcher. It explores creative writing and theory while offering critical antecedents, theoretical directions and creative interchanges. The book narrows the focus on psychoanalysis, particularly with regard to Lacan and creative practice, and demonstrates that creative writing is research in its own right. The poetics at stake neither denotes the study or the techniques of poetry, but rather the means by which writers formulate and discuss attitudes to their work.

Sons In The Saddle
Sons In The Saddle

Author: Mary Durack

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 811

ISBN-13: 1742749984

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"Mary Durack's KINGS IN GRASS CASTLES is an Australian classic. Since it was published in 1959 it has gone on selling as new generations of readers discover the pastoralist saga of the Durack family and their cattle spreads across the continent. Now, nearly 25 years later we have the sequel we have been waiting for..." BULLETIN Sydney. The second generation of Durack men were not only hardy pioneers, used to droving cattle thousands of miles through the grandeur of north-west Australia, they were also educated travelled men, at home in the worlds of commerce and politics. This story, taken from diaries, letters, and legal documents is the story of Michael Durack, Mary Durack's father, and his vigorous generation. "When the third book in this family saga appears, we will have one of the most illuminating series of books ever written on Australian life." THE AGE