Chapters in Victorian Literary History

This video explores aspects of Victoria's literary history through four different stories:

• Indigenous Letter Writing: The Letters of John 'Jacky' White - featuring an interview with author and academic Tony Birch and the voice of Indigenous artist and actor Tiriki Onus
• Scenes from the film The Sentimental Bloke, 1919 - excerpts from the wonderful silent film based on the poem by CJ Dennis
• Power Without Glory: The Clandestine Copy - John Fraser recalls how he came to own an illicit copy of Frank Hardy's novel
• Helen Garner and The First Stone - A look at the controversy surrounding Helen Garner's 1995 non-fiction book The First Stone: Some Questions about Sex and Power

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