A Prose Kinema: Kenneth Slessor's Film Writing

Authors

  • Philip Mead The University of Tasmania

Keywords:

Kenneth Slessor, modernity, film, journalism

Abstract

This article notes that Slessor was a film critic as part of journalistic duties and argues that the modernity of his poetry is related to his interest in film, which included drafting a film script of Lindsay's Redheap. An appendix presents his review of The Thirty Nine Steps.

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Published

2013-02-02

Issue

1999: Australian Writing and the City

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A Prose Kinema: Kenneth Slessor’s Film Writing. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 77-87. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9571