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Celebrates Brigid Brophy's life's work, its diversity, originality and achievement
The first critical book on Brigid Brophy covering all her interests from literature, music and art to animal rights and political activismIncludes previously unpublished written and illustrated material by BrophyContributions from leading literary scholars, biographers, creative writers and activistsThis book explores all aspects of Brophy's literary career, alongside contributions on animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminism and sexual politics, not only celebrating Brophy's eclectic achievements but fully reflecting them. Contributors include literary critics, animal rights activists, Brophy's daughter, Kate Levey, and Brophy herself.
Contents
Contents
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements
IntroductionRichard Canning
1. Embodying the Fragments: A Reflection on the Reluctant Auto-Biography of Brigid BrophyPhoebe Blatton
2. Brigid Brophy's Paradoxical World of ChildhoodMichael Bronski
3. Introduction to 'The Librarian and the Novel'John Dixon
4. The Librarian and the Novel: A Writer's ViewBrigid Brophy
5. Penetrating (the) Prancing Novelist Richard Canning
6. 'Shavian that she was'John Dixon
7. 'Il faut que je vive': Brigid Brophy and Animal Rights Gary Francione
8. Brigid Brophy's Phenomenology of Sex in Flesh and The Snow BallJonathan Gibbs
9. Letter to BrigidRodney Hill
10. Encoding Love: Hidden Correspondence in the Fiction of Brigid Brophy and Iris MurdochMiles Leeson
11. Heads and Boxes: A Prop Art Exhibition Collaboration by Brigid Brophy and Maureen DuffyJill Longmate
12. Brigid Brophy's Prancing Novelist and Black and White: Experiments in BiographyPeter Parker
13. 'Monster Cupid': Brophy, Camp, and The Snow BallAllan Pero
14. A Felicitous Day for FishKim Stallwood
15. Brigid Brophy: The Dissenting Feminist Carole Sweeney
16. A Certain Detachment?Kate Levey
Notes on ContributorsIndex
