Once upon a time
Subtitle: Australian writers on using the past
By: edited by Paul Ashton, Anna Clark and Robert Crawford
Publisher: Australian Scholarly
Published: 2016
Place of publication: North Melburne, Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781925333985
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Authorship; Australian Authors; Public history; History
Description: "This book brings together sixteen well-known writers from diverse backgrounds: Debra Adelaide, Paul Ashton, Anna Clark, Robert Crawford, John Dale, Ross Gibson, Bridget Griffen-Foley, Lucinda Holdforth, Julia Horne, Paul Kiem, John Maynard, Betty O'Neill, Penny Russell, Janis Wilton, Garry Wotherspoon and Clare Wright. It looks at how history -- a discipline which generally strives for critical distance -- and the past -- a concept which is open-ended and useful in the present -- are used in a range of genres from historical and 'true crime' novels to family history and memoir."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.