Wild Bleak Bohemia
Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall: a Documentary
Published on 31. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
590 pages
978-1-925984-50-7 (ISBN)
Description
Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theatre, journalism and publishing. Gordon shot himself, unable to pay the printer of his poems; Kendall ended up in a mental hospital after forging a cheque, and Clarke died bankrupt for a second time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kew, VIC
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-925984-50-7 (9781925984507)
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Michael Wilding's documentary 'Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall' won the Colin Roderick Award and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. His recent publications include the memoir 'Growing Wild', the essays' Wild About Books' and the novels featuring the private investigator Plant - 'The Prisoner of Mount Warning', 'The Magic of It', 'In the Valley of the Weed', 'Little Demon' and 'The Travel Writer'. He is Emeritus Professor of English and Australian Literature at the University of Sydney.