"Riddle, Quizzicality, and Quirk - Trace Elements of the Poetic - ": the Value of the Fool in Some Australian Writing

Authors

  • Colette Rayment PhD Candidate, University of Sydney

Abstract

Patrick White and David Malouf in two respective novels and Peter Steele S.J. in various writings place great emphasis on the figure of the "fool". The question which this paper pursues is what does this age-old figure, in its various manifestations, have to offer to Australian literature and to literature with a religious implication?

Author Biography

Colette Rayment, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney

PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Religion, Literature and the Arts Project: Conference Proceedings of the Australian International Conference 1995

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