About the author: Michael Giffin is an Anglican priest, editor and author who holds degrees in arts, theology, letters and philosophy from various Australian universities and colleges. He teaches postgraduate distance-learning courses in Literature and theology through the Centre for Christian Spirituality, a member institute of the Sydney College of Divinity. He is the author of Patrick White and the Religious Imagination: Arthur’s Dream. (Mellen, 1999)
1999 0-7734-7941-4 This is a work of literary criticism that stands within the discipline of Literature and Theology. It will stimulate debate about textuality and interpretation, and the debate about authorial presence-absence in any literary work.