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Broomstick
'Anyone familiar with Leonie Kramer's writing will find this book a surprise. It is not like anything else she has published.' 'Leonie began writing Broomstick in 2002 after retiring from all official roles at the University of Sydney. Originally, she planned to write a series of essays describing and analysing aspects of educational change based on her experience of nearly sixty years in academic life. She was sceptical of much current theory of education. To enable the reader to understand how her opinions arose, Leonie decided that she needed to include some of her personal history, because her own education had set her up for life and been the foundation of all her achievements. But she had no intention of writing her autobiography or memoirs. The biographical information was intended only as the context for her ideas . . .'
Killer Kramer, Dame Leonie
This is the first biography of Dame Leonie Kramer, who held the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney from 1968 to 1989 and was dubbed 'Killer Kramer' by Nobel laureate and nemesis, Patrick White. Dame Leonie was the first woman to be a professor at Sydney University and the first to serve as its chancellor and as the ABC's chairman. She exerted a formidable influence in Australia's cultural, intellectual, and public life for over half a century, during which time she liked to think of herself as a radical conservative. Damien Freeman is the principal policy advisor at the PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University, and General Editor of the Kapunda Press. His books include Roddy's Folly: R. P. Meagher QC - art lover and lawyer and Abbott's Right: the conservative tradition from Menzies to Abbott.
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Matters of the Mind
A collection of poems, essays and interviews in honour of Emeritus Professor, Dame Leonie Kramer. Kramer was Chancellor of the University of Sydney 1991-2001 and was Professor of Australian Literature there for 21 years. Includes contributions from 34 leading academics, performers, writers, judges and politicians such as Clive James, Roger Woodward, Morris West, John Bell, Jeffrey Smart, Vivian Smith and Justice Michael Kirby. Includes notes on contributors and index of contributors.
