Robert Dixon - The Novels of Alex Miller

An Introduction

Edited by Robert Dixon

First published 1912 by Allen & Unwin

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This book had its origins in a symposium on 'The Novels of Alex Miller' hosted by Australian Literature at the University of Sydney on 13-14 May 2011. Brenda Walker's chapter, Alex Miller and Leo Tolstoy: Australian Storytelling in a European Tradition', was originally presented on the evening of 13 May as the 2011 Herbert Blaiklock Memorial Lecture. I want to thank Alex Miller for his generous and tactful engagement with the project; Stephanie Miller for her assistance in preparing the Chronology and photographic illustrations, and her transcription of , 'Personal Perspectives on the Central Queensland Novels'; Frank Budby, Liz Hatte and Anita Heiss for their memorable involvement in the symposium; Geordie Williamson for his fine essay on what was, at the time of writing, a novel still in press; Melpomene Dixon, Georgina Loveridge, Stephen Mansfield and Liliana Zavaglia for various kinds of research, editorial and administrative assistance; and finally Elizabeth Weiss and Siobhan Cantrill at Allen & Unwin, and Ali Lavau, for their commitment to publishing a book of literary criticism and appreciation.