Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500466Scope and ContentDrafts and correspondence concerning editing and design of The Boy. Folder contains laser print of typescript drafts: [A]: Contents page, Proem, 4 pages unnumbered; What is a Boy? to The Icon of Male Vulnerability, page numbered 1 to 118; The Female Gaze, page numbered 1-11. [B]: What is a boy?, page numbered 1-3, annotated. Page proofs of The Boy, Thames & Hudson edition [incomplete]: Eleven (11) A3 sheets, lightly annotated, sent to GG by Jenny Wilson, described by Jenny as "prelims (pp.1-5)" and "edited captions." The folder also contains correspondence on publicity and media, including GG itinerary 12 March 2003; invitation to Songlines XXI Mother Tongue- Aspects of Aboriginality Private View, 6 August 2002; photocopies of images of artwork and information on art work and artists; print out of web pages of poems by Philip Larkin, WH Auden, Fiona Pitt-Kethley; one page hand written notes. Correspondents: Jenny Wilson, Thames & Hudson; Johanna Neurath, Thames & Hudson; Chris Stephens, Tate Gallery; Ayesha Karim, Gillon Aitken; Rebecca Hossack Gallery (invitation). Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Copy Editing; Authors and Publishers; PublicityAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0041
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - Drafts and Page Proofs (2002-2003), [UMA-ITE-2014004500466]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344436
