Out In The Open: An Autobiography (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
A candid and richly detailed memoir, Out in the Open: An Autobiography chronicles the life of Geoffrey Dutton — Australian poet, publisher, biographer, and cultural provocateur — from his privileged pastoral upbringing in South Australia to his central role in shaping the nation's literary landscape throughout the twentieth century. Dutton recounts his formative years at Anlaby Station, his education at Oxford, and his wartime service with the RAAF, weaving personal experience into a broader portrait of Australian intellectual and artistic life. With characteristic frankness, he presents the tensions between his conservative heritage and his progressive convictions, including his fierce advocacy for Australian literature and his pivotal work co-founding Sun Books and editing literary journals. The memoir also uncovers the personal costs of a life lived publicly and passionately — friendships, loves, and controversies rendered with disarming honesty. Written in a tone that is reflective yet unguarded, it stands as both an intimate self-portrait and an invaluable document of a transformative era in Australian cultural history.
Author: Geoffrey Dutton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, University of Queensland Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
A candid and richly detailed memoir, Out in the Open: An Autobiography chronicles the life of Geoffrey Dutton — Australian poet, publisher, biographer, and cultural provocateur — from his privileged pastoral upbringing in South Australia to his central role in shaping the nation's literary landscape throughout the twentieth century. Dutton recounts his formative years at Anlaby Station, his education at Oxford, and his wartime service with the RAAF, weaving personal experience into a broader portrait of Australian intellectual and artistic life. With characteristic frankness, he presents the tensions between his conservative heritage and his progressive convictions, including his fierce advocacy for Australian literature and his pivotal work co-founding Sun Books and editing literary journals. The memoir also uncovers the personal costs of a life lived publicly and passionately — friendships, loves, and controversies rendered with disarming honesty. Written in a tone that is reflective yet unguarded, it stands as both an intimate self-portrait and an invaluable document of a transformative era in Australian cultural history.