Patrick White (1912 1990) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 and remains one of Australia s most celebrated writers. This book represents new work by an outstanding list of White scholars from around the globe. White s centenary revived mainstream interest in White in Australia and included a major exhibition on his life at the National Library of Australia. So too did the discovery of a highly significant hoard of hitherto unknown papers which were released by White s literary executor Barbara Mobbs in 2006. The book aims to carry this momentum outwards to the rest of the...

Patrick White (1912 1990) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 and remains one of Australia s most celebrated writers. This book represents new work by an outstanding list of White scholars from around the globe. White s centenary revived mainstream interest in White in Australia and included a major exhibition on his life at the National Library of Australia. So too did the discovery of a highly significant hoard of hitherto unknown papers which were released by White s literary executor Barbara Mobbs in 2006. The book aims to carry this momentum outwards to the rest of the...