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The Hand That Signed the Paper is arguably the most controversial book ever published in Australia. Certainly the book and its author have received an extraordinary amount of critical attention, both favourable and hostile, and have inspired a debate even more wide-ranging than the subject matter of the book itself. It is this debate which Andrew Riemer seeks to place within a larger context than simply the scandal and controversy around the novel, its author and its public reception. The Demidenko Debate examines The Hand That Signed the Paper in the light of contemporary literary practice. Riemer does not shrink from addressing the most important, and sensitive issues as he looks at the novel's ideological implications and the distinction between fiction and propaganda; what responsibilities writers have towards history and public opinion; the nature of literary prizes and awards and the relationship between a work of imagination and the real or assumed personality of an author. Andrew Riemer is a well-known writer, critic and reviewer. His reviews appear regularly in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and he has published three volumes of memoirs - Inside, Outside, The Hapsburg Cafe, and most recently America With Subtitles, as well as The Ironic Eye, a short book on Peter Goldsworthy's poetry and fiction.

Table of Contents:
Introduction PART 1 - REPRESENTING EVIL A terrible story The banality of evil Explaining the inexplicable A lesson in history An open wound The absence of remorse PART 2 - CREATING MONSTERS First impressions Honouring wicked books Bringing the judges to book Custodians of virtue A question of identity Stolen words The limits of freedom Bolsheviks and atheists The dream of reason Afterword

About the Author :
Andrew Riemer is a well-known writer, critic and reviewer. For more than thirty years he taught in the Department of English at the University of Sydney, specialising in the work of Shakespeare. He has published several books on Shakespeare and numerous studies of nineteenth and twentieth-century fiction, notably the work of Patrick White. His book reviews appear regularly in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He has published three volumes of memoirs---INSIDE Outside, The Habsburg Cafe and, most recently, America With Subtitles, as well as The Ironic Eye, a short book on Peter Goldsworthy's poetry and fiction. Riemer left the university in 1994 to devote himself to writing.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781864481099
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • ISBN-10: 1864481099
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 1996
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 130 mm


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