Bibliograph

A certain style, Beatrice Davis : a literary life, Jacqueline Kent

Type

Label

A certain style, Beatrice Davis : a literary life, Jacqueline Kent

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A certain style

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jacqueline Kent

Sub title

Beatrice Davis : a literary life

Summary

Beatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Patricia Wrightson, Xavier Herbert and Hal Porter becoming a literary tastemaker in the process. A central figure in Australian literature - `respected, feared, courted and berated.' Originally published to great acclaim in 2001, A Certain Style introduced this stylish and formidable woman to thousands of readers and told a history of books and publishing in twentieth-century Australia. This reissue has a new introduction and updates throughout as the author presents a compelling account of a contradictory woman and her times

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