Southerly, December 22nd, 1999
The article discusses the importance of 'The Getting of Wisdom' in the writing of Henry Handel Richardson. The view of education as a process of leading forth, various portrayals of Australians, and views about the artist's role are explored. Why did Henry Handel Richardson write The Getting of Wisdom? Given its thinly veiled depiction of life at her old school, the question seems at first sight superfluous, and if further explanation were required, the author herself provided it voluntarily in "Some Notes on my Books". There she recounts that it was begun to relieve the increasing gloom of M...
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