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  • 9 - Constellational Form in Gerald Murnane

  • from Part II - Authorships
  • Nicholas Birns, New York University, Louis Klee, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel
    Published online:
    03 March 2023
    Print publication:
    02 March 2023, pp 148-162

  • 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.