tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7831853456254394946..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Land WaitsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17096093603412040412010-03-14T03:23:42.085-04:002010-03-14T03:23:42.085-04:00Kathy: I haven't read Diamond Dove, but The Br...Kathy: I haven't read Diamond Dove, but The Broken Shore is a wonderfully evocative book featuring the Australian Landscape!<br /><br />Alison: yes, you're spot on that nature is only indifferent, not hateful. I used hate to signify the childishness I feel in confrontation with the world, the emotional reaction it evokes. And also to signify respect. The landscape is deadly. It is deborahbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507959327807067505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40605093602962386092010-03-11T18:48:27.435-05:002010-03-11T18:48:27.435-05:00I'm kind of bothered by this. As someone (firs...I'm kind of bothered by this. As someone (first generation British immigrant) who has been obsessed with this question...<br /><br />The landscape - or environment - doesn't "hate" us. It is merely indifferent, as in fact all "nature" is. It is bigger than us and older than us and it makes us feel small. The Romantics called that feeling the Sublime, and looked for it Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28510678065125211782010-03-10T04:37:08.898-05:002010-03-10T04:37:08.898-05:00This is fascinating and a privilege to read. Will...This is fascinating and a privilege to read. Will definitely read more by this author.<br /><br />So glad to see the points about the Mauri existence in Australia for 40,000 years.<br /><br />I have lately read the Australia Sisters in Crime website and found some women authors there whose books I want to read.<br /><br />I did read, "Diamond Dove," by Adrian Hyland and liked it. Whatkathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-48617161490356321682010-03-07T00:58:08.431-05:002010-03-07T00:58:08.431-05:00Hey Nick!
>How much to you think that the work...Hey Nick!<br /><br />>How much to you think that the work of Australian writers is informed by that - not by the landscape which surrounds our cities, but by our separation from it?<<br /><br />It's a good question, & I think plenty of people aren't honest about their/our answers. <br /><br />I think like the McKeller poem, a lot of writers try to dominate the landscape & deborahbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507959327807067505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46078576663347882492010-03-06T22:55:54.109-05:002010-03-06T22:55:54.109-05:00The landscape isn't the gentle British landsca...<i>The landscape isn't the gentle British landscape of the fiction I was raised on. </i><br /><br />And even down to the basics, that the seasons are reversed - spring, in WA, is the time that plants begin to turn brown and die...<br /><br />I like your comment about our disassociation from the bush (for the most part).<br /><br />How much to you think that the work of Australian writers is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-3089425836920863402010-03-06T22:14:27.565-05:002010-03-06T22:14:27.565-05:00Elizabeth: woops, I forgot about the tourism! Eeek...Elizabeth: woops, I forgot about the tourism! Eeek. Come, visit, it's lovely here. :)<br /><br />(And thank-you, I'm chuffed you enjoyed the piece!)<br /><br />Sheila: thought-provoking questions. I get into a lot of trouble for not understanding what it means to be 'an Australian writer' as opposed to 'a writer'. I don't particularly write for an Australian audience &deborahbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507959327807067505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-52932757157220928412010-03-06T09:42:28.396-05:002010-03-06T09:42:28.396-05:00Shoot--Liz stole my "wow". This is real...Shoot--Liz stole my "wow". This is really powerful stuff, and it makes me want to read more of your work.<br /><br />Let me ask a question. I think as writers we tap into a shared national or cultural reservoir that provides a kind of jump-start for our readers. For example, Liz says "New York," and people will make certain assumptions. I write about New England, which Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22921083873084750912010-03-06T08:58:31.570-05:002010-03-06T08:58:31.570-05:00Wow! I've never read a more writerly blog post...Wow! I've never read a more writerly blog post and probably never will. Deborah, you took my breath away--and probably undid the effect of decades of Australian tourism promotion, or would if enough people read Poe's Deadly Daughters. Thanks for being our guest in nice tame cyberspace.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com