Join Cian at a chilly Cabin In The Woods for a Valentine’s chat about the ever-mysterious Picnic At Hanging Rock. Whether you’re more familiar with the book or the film, you’ll be fine in terms of spoilers here, so grab an ale (no Fosters, please) and get ready for a disappear (ahem) into:
-the tradition of ‘Australian Gothic’
-Picnic as a still-relevant urban legend
-whiteness in the novel, Miranda Must Go, and the Australian ‘tabula rasa’
-why we love unresolved mysteries
-a post-colonial interpretation of PAHR
-a 1900s period piece or a 1960s new age classic?
-which characters ‘transcend’ and why?
-the ‘great Australian novel’, Joan Lindsay as a mystic
-Lindsay’s obsession with time, her own background with Hanging Rock
-why St Valentine’s day?
-the enigmatic final chapter!
LINKS:
HUGE thanks to friends who have supported already! You can buy me a coffee here (no sugar please):
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic
HISTORY NOW, Northern Visions Television
https://www.quceh.org.uk/history-now.html#:~:text=History%20Now%20is%20a%20history,a%20topic%20in%20Irish%20history.
Australian Ghost Stories, edited by James Doig
https://www.waterstones.com/book/australian-ghost-stories/james-doig/james-doig/9781840226416
http://home.yowieocalypse.com/Rosa_Praed_The_Bunyip/
Sydney Morning Herald article about Picnic, by Janelle McCulloch
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-extraordinary-story-behind-picnic-at-hanging-rock-20170328-gv7upc.html
Joan Lindsay, A Time For Everything, Latrobe Journal
http://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-83/t1-g-t5.html
Joan Lindsay’s Mysterious ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock,’ Leanne Easey, State Library Victoria
Fear And Loathing In The Australian Bush, Kathleen Steele
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1763896/steele.pdf
Must Miranda Go? Kill Your Darlings, Kathrin Bartha
https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/2017/02/must-miranda-go/
Australian Scenery, Marcus Clarke
http://www.telelib.com/authors/C/ClarkeMarcus/prose/AustalianTales/australianscenery.html
Time Loop At Hanging Rock, The Nightshirt, Eric Wargo