Ep 290. Australian Gothic

“I am on an aggrieved island…”


Show notes

Voss by Patrick White

Britannica’s definition of the Gothic novel

Penguin’s definition of American Gothic literature

Gerry Turcotte’s definition of the Australian Gothic

Australian Gothic: from Hanging Rock to Nick Cave and Kylie, this genre explores our dark side by Emma Doolan

The paper chase by Hal Porter

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Candy: A novel of love and addiction by Luke Davies

Waltzing Matilda

Sweet William by Ern Malley

The Glass Canoe, A Woman of the Future & The Chantic Bird by David Ireland

Rosemary Creswell reviews A Woman of the Future

Helen Garner’s Three Acres More or Less is collected in True Stories

The laughing kookaburra

Nick Cave’s Revised Rules for Men in The Atlantic

Last Stop Larrimah (2023)

Acute Misfortune by Erik Jensen

Five Bells by Kenneth Slessor

The Port Arthur massacre

Wolf Creek (2005)

Ivan Milat

Chopper on 60 minutes

Chopper (2000)


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