Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils

by Paul Eggert

B iography of a Book traces the life of an iconic Australian literary work in the lead-up to, and for a century after, its initial publication: Henry Lawson's 1896 collection While the Billy Boils. Paul Eggert follows Lawson's gradual development of a pared-back bush realism in the early 1890s, as he struggled to forge a career, writing short stories and sketches for the newspapers. Lawson's famous collection came out at a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271061979
• ISBN13: 9780271061979
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"