A Certain Style

Beatrice Davis, a literary life

Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book A Certain Style by Jacqueline Kent, University of New South Wales Press
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Author: Jacqueline Kent ISBN: 9781742244303
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Publication: December 1, 2018
Imprint: New South Language: English
Author: Jacqueline Kent
ISBN: 9781742244303
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Publication: December 1, 2018
Imprint: New South
Language: English

Beatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Patricia Wrightson, Xavier Herbert, and Hal Porter, becoming a literary tastemaker in the process. A central figure in Australian literature—"respected, feared, courted and berated." Originally published to great acclaim in 2001, A Certain Style introduced this stylish and formidable woman to thousands of readers and told a history of books and publishing in twentieth-century Australia. This reissue has a new introduction and updates throughout as the author presents a compelling account of a contradictory woman and her times.

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Beatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Patricia Wrightson, Xavier Herbert, and Hal Porter, becoming a literary tastemaker in the process. A central figure in Australian literature—"respected, feared, courted and berated." Originally published to great acclaim in 2001, A Certain Style introduced this stylish and formidable woman to thousands of readers and told a history of books and publishing in twentieth-century Australia. This reissue has a new introduction and updates throughout as the author presents a compelling account of a contradictory woman and her times.

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