Thea Astley makes Something out of Nothing

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Thea Astley makes Something out of Nothing

This paper explores Thea Astley's use of a single word and its derivatives. The word is 'nothing'-which recurs constantly, and with significant empasis, at key points in many of her novels. It is argued that the word carries complex, but relatively fixed significance for Astley, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Genoni, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Thea Astley Australian landscape Nothingness
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4800

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