Book description
Henry Handel Richardson has been celebrated for her classic
Australian novels The Getting of Wisdom and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
yet her own life-story is still to be fully told. This enthralling book
provides the first complete biography of the enigmatic Australian literary
icon and sheds new light on the conjecture surrounding her life. Many
crucial issues bearing on Richardson's private life remain unresolved. Was
she drawn to lesbianism? Did she fear she had contracted congenital
syphilis? What was her relationship with her radical, reformist sister Lil?
This book follows Richardson's life from her childhood through to her
musical studies in Leipzig and meeting with her future husband. Her
abandonment of music, her relationship with her sister Lillian and the
feminist influences on her life and works. Richardson's poltergeist
experiences are explored, as are the sudden effects of fame and her attitude
to Australian writing.
About the author
Dr. Michael Ackland is a reader and lecturer in the
English Department at Monash University. The author of many books of
Australian Poetry and Prose including Charles Harpur: Selected Poetry
and Prose, Henry Kendall and A Sydney Sovereign. Mr Ackland
has written many articles for literary journals.
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