Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel
- The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Authorships
- 7 “Rich and Strange”
- 8 Sexuality in Patrick White’s Fiction
- 9 Constellational Form in Gerald Murnane
- 10 Helen Garner’s House of Fiction
- 11 Alexis Wright’s Novel Activism
- 12 Kim Scott and the Doctoral Novel
- Part III Futures
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
9 - Constellational Form in Gerald Murnane
from Part II - Authorships
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel
- The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Authorships
- 7 “Rich and Strange”
- 8 Sexuality in Patrick White’s Fiction
- 9 Constellational Form in Gerald Murnane
- 10 Helen Garner’s House of Fiction
- 11 Alexis Wright’s Novel Activism
- 12 Kim Scott and the Doctoral Novel
- Part III Futures
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
Summary
This chapter explores “constellational form” in Gerald Murnane. It argues that the key continuity in Murnane’s work lies in his associative way of writing, and analyzes the motivations and philosophical convictions underlying this form. It traces these formal continuities across Murnanes work, from his early novel Tamarisk Row (1974) through to his post-hiatus fictions up to Border Districts (2017). It also considers Murnanes “idealism” and probes how this underpins his unique understanding of the ontology of characterological beings and the relationship between implied author and reader.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel , pp. 148 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023