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Primary Supervisor
Krauth, Nigel
Other Supervisors
West, Patrick
Year published
2008
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But this thesis is an account of one person’s passage through time and space. Mine. This thesis reflects the pain and sadness, the humour and delights of my life and the part that those experiences played in guiding—sometimes compelling—me along the pathway toward this creative product. It is a documentary of a creation in context. How others might interpret what is written herein is an entirely different matter, and part of my objective here is to record what others—my legitimate readers—think of my writing. The thesis is presented in five sections; it is a story within a story within a story, of my life, my professional ...
View more >But this thesis is an account of one person’s passage through time and space. Mine. This thesis reflects the pain and sadness, the humour and delights of my life and the part that those experiences played in guiding—sometimes compelling—me along the pathway toward this creative product. It is a documentary of a creation in context. How others might interpret what is written herein is an entirely different matter, and part of my objective here is to record what others—my legitimate readers—think of my writing. The thesis is presented in five sections; it is a story within a story within a story, of my life, my professional obsessions, and the imaginings that spawned an adventure full of unexpected bounty, and unwanted curses. The stories unfold without the flourish of an abstract or synopsis (apart from this opening statement) allowing the events and the pathways to reveal themselves as they occur.
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View more >But this thesis is an account of one person’s passage through time and space. Mine. This thesis reflects the pain and sadness, the humour and delights of my life and the part that those experiences played in guiding—sometimes compelling—me along the pathway toward this creative product. It is a documentary of a creation in context. How others might interpret what is written herein is an entirely different matter, and part of my objective here is to record what others—my legitimate readers—think of my writing. The thesis is presented in five sections; it is a story within a story within a story, of my life, my professional obsessions, and the imaginings that spawned an adventure full of unexpected bounty, and unwanted curses. The stories unfold without the flourish of an abstract or synopsis (apart from this opening statement) allowing the events and the pathways to reveal themselves as they occur.
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Thesis Type
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Degree Program
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
School of Arts
Copyright Statement
The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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Public
Subject
documentary
interpretation
professional
life
soft targets
legacies
explorations
memories
recreational reading
narrative
engagement