The Crossing: An Anthology of Australian Adolescence
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Sydney, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 159
Description: This anthology deals exclusively with the world of the adolescent, a subject which any collection of Australian literature must reflect to some degree, for the theme of adolescence has been a strongly recurring one in the literature of this country.
Table of contents: title: i  Introduction; title: 1 - 'The Cousin From Fiji' - Norman Lindsay; title: 8 - 'The Passage' - Vance Palmer; title: 14 - 'The Wrong Turning' - Henry Handel Richardson; title: 18 - 'The Thundering Good Today' - John Couper; title: 22 - 'The Man Who Loved Children' - Christina Stead; title: 29 - 'Ash Road' - Ivan Southal; title: 40 - 'The Silver Ring' - Pauline Watson; title: 45 - 'The Bridge Pool' - Graham Sheil; title: 54 - 'The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea' - Randolph Stow; title: 61 - 'Discovery' - Manning Clark; title: 72 - 'All the Rivers Run' - Nancy Cato; title: 76 - 'My Brother Jack' - George Johnston; title: 87 - 'A Descant for Gossips' - Thea Astley; title: 92 - 'The Education of Young Donald' - Donald Horne; title: 96 - 'The Queenslander' - Robert Macklin; title: 104 - 'A Lifetime on Clouds' - Gerald Murnane; title: 117 - 'The Boys in the Island' - C J Koch; title: 123 - 'The Harp in the South' - Ruth Park; title: 130 - 'The Mango Tree' - Ronald McKie; title: 139 - 'Wild Cat Falling' - Colin Johnson; title: 145 - 'The Town That Died' - Geoffrey Dean; title: 158 - Sources