Speaking: 'Jane Austen and the Getting of Wisdom'. Jane Austen Conference Melbourne, 28 November 2007

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900659Scope and ContentContains: Invitation, correspondence and schedule on Greer participation in Jane Austen and Comedy: International Jane Austen and VCE Literature Conference, Melbourne, 29-30/11/2007. Greer gave the opening night public lecture, 28/11/2007, titled 'Jane Austen and the Getting of Wisdom', discussing Jane Austen and Henry Handel Richardson and the "...undervalued genre of the female Bildungsroman", for fee of AU$10,000. Includes correspondence on recording lecture for the ABC Book Show (not agreed). Correspondents: Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Lucy Fry, Aitken Alexander Associates; Laura Carroll, English Program, La Trobe University; John Wiltshire, La Trobe University. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; Conferences; Women authors; Australian literature; English literature--History and criticism; Wit and humourAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0019

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date15 May 2007-28 November 2007

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Speaking: 'Jane Austen and the Getting of Wisdom'. Jane Austen Conference Melbourne, 28 November 2007