'As if my bones had been changed into clouds': Queer Epiphanies in David Malouf's Fiction

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  • Damien Barlow La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga

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David Malouf

Abstract

From his earliest work to his most recent, David Malouf’s oeuvre has consistently employed epiphanies to the point where such moments of heightened sensation, personal enlightenment or deep realisation and wonderment have become a defining hallmark of his writing. Focusing on Malouf’s early novel 'Johnno' and his short fiction ‘Closer’ and ‘Southern Skies’ this paper critically examines his use of epiphanies from a queer theoretical framework.

Author Biography

  • Damien Barlow, La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga
    Lecturer in English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga Campus. PhD on queer readings of Australian Literature completed 2004/2005

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2014-07-28

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): David Malouf

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’As if my bones had been changed into clouds’: Queer Epiphanies in David Malouf’s Fiction. (2014). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 14(2). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9893