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Say No To Death
''Say No to Death'' (1951) is a novel by Australian writer Dymphna Cusack.It was originally published in Australia by Heinemann, and later in the US by William Morrow under the title ''The Sun in My Hands''. Story outline Set in Sydney following the war, the novel follows the medical journey of Jan, a young woman suffering from tuberculosis, and her struggles to gain any help from a Government health service struggling for funds. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Age'' was impressed by the novel: "'A novel built entirely around a social injustice is a rarity, but with competence and courage Dymphna Cusack, in ''Say No to Death'', has presented the subject of the tuberculosis patient and, in a story of heroism, pathos and great sympathy, put the case for the sick civilian at the mercy of a Government — a Government and a people — who respond to the needs of the scourge of war so much more readily than to the scourge of illness...This is a book well worth reading, as mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dymphna Cusack
Ellen Dymphna Cusack AM (21 September 1902 – 19 October 1981) was an Australian writer and playwright. Personal life Born in Wyalong, New South Wales, Cusack was educated at Saint Ursula's College, Armidale, New South Wales and graduated from the University of Sydney with an honours degree in arts and a diploma in Education. She worked as a teacher until she retired in 1944 for health reasons. Her illness was confirmed in 1978 as multiple sclerosis. She died at Manly, New South Wales on 19 October 1981. Career Cusack wrote twelve novels (two of which were collaborations), eleven plays, three travel books, two children's books and one non-fiction book. Her collaborative novels were ''Pioneers on Parade'' (1939) with Miles Franklin, and '' Come In Spinner'' (1951) with Florence James. The play '' Red Sky at Morning'' was filmed in 1944, starring Peter Finch. The biography ''Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid'', to which Cusack wrote an introduction and helped the author wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinemann (publisher)
William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann. Their first published book, 1890's ''The Bondman'', was a huge success in the United Kingdom and launched the company. He was joined in 1893 by Sydney Pawling. Heinemann died in 1920 and Pawling sold the company to Doubleday, having worked with them in the past to publish their works in the United States. Pawling died in 1922 and new management took over. Doubleday sold his interest in 1933. Through the 1920s, the company was well known for publishing works by famous authors that had previously been published as serials. Among these were works by H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, George Moore, Max Beerbohm, and Henry James, among others. This attracted new authors to publish their first editions with the company, including Graham Greene, Edward Upward, J.B. Priestley and Vita Sackville-West. Throughout, the company was also known for its class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Steel (novel)
''Southern Steel'' (1953) is a novel by Australian writer Dymphna Cusack. Story outline Set in Newcastle, New South Wales, during World War II, the story concerns three brothers who all work at varying levels of a local steel maker. See also * 1953 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1953. Books * Charmian Clift and George Johnston – ''The Big Chariot'' * Dymphna Cusack – ''Southern Steel'' * Eleanor Dark – ''No ... References Novels by Dymphna Cusack 1953 Australian novels {{1950s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow (publisher)
William Morrow (June 15, 1873, in Dublin, Ireland – November 11, 1931, in New York City) was an American publisher. He attended Harvard College, class of 1900. At New York city, on April 24, 1923, he married novelist Honoré Willsie Morrow. He founded William Morrow and Company in 1926 and led it until his death. William Morrow and Company William Morrow and Company was acquired by Scott, Foresman in 1967 and sold in 1981 to the Hearst Corporation, which sold it, along with Avon Books, to the News Corporation in 1999. Both William Morrow and Avon are now imprints of News Corp subsidiary HarperCollins. Among many other authors, Morrow was Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name, in order to protect ...'s American publisher for several of his novels. Morrow was the publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus & Robertson
Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: Angus & Robertson, 1888–1945". In: ''The History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945''. (Edited by Martyn Lyons & John Arnold), pp. 27–36. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. This well known Australian brand currently exists as an online shop owned by online bookseller Booktopia. The Angus & Robertson imprint is still seen in books published by HarperCollins, a News Corporation company. Bookselling history The first bookstore was opened in 110½ Market Street, Sydney by Scotsman David Mackenzie Angus (1855-1901) in 1884; it initially sold only secondhand books. In 1886, he went into partnership with fellow Scot George Robertson. This George Robertson should not be confused with his older contemporary, George Robertson t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1951. Events * 18 June – Frank Hardy is acquitted of criminal libel in the state of Victoria over his self-published 1950 '' roman à clef'' on corruption in Melbourne political life, '' Power Without Glory'' Books * Dymphna Cusack – '' Say No to Death'' * Dymphna Cusack and Florence James – '' Come In Spinner'' * Eric Lambert – ''The Twenty Thousand Thieves'' * Kenneth Mackenzie – ''Dead Men Rising'' * Ruth Park – '' The Witch's Thorn'' * Nevil Shute – ''Round the Bend'' * Dal Stivens – ''Jimmy Brockett'' * F. J. Thwaites – '' The Dark Abyss'' * E. V. Timms – '' The Valleys Beyond'' * Arthur Upfield – ''The New Shoe'' Short stories * Henrietta Drake-Brockman & Walter Murdoch – ''Australian Short Stories'' (edited) * Frank Hardy – ''The Man from Clinkapella and Other Prize-Winning Stories'' * T. A. G. Hungerford – "The Only One Who Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Dymphna Cusack
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
