Geering, R(onald) G(eorge)

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GEERING, R(onald) G(eorge)

GEERING, R(onald) G(eorge). Australian (born England), b. 1918. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Member, Executive Committee, since 1957, and Vice-President, since 1974, English Association, Sydney (President, 1968-74). Lecturer, 1952-57, Sr. Lecturer, 1957-68, and Associate Professor of English, 1969-78, University of New South Wales, Sydney; writer; Military service: Australian Imperial Forces, 1943-46; became lieutenant. Publications: Christina Stead, 1969, 1979; Recent Fiction, 1974; The Artist and the Tale: D.H. Lawrence and Sons and Lovers, 1976; Talking into the Typewriter, 1973-83, 1992; The War Poetry of Wilfred Owen, 1993; Reflections on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travel, 1995. EDITOR: The Miner's Right by R. Boldrewood, 1973; Southern Lights and Shadows, by F. Fowler, 1975; Ocean of Story, by C. Stead, 1985; I'm Dying Laughing, by C. Stead, 1986; (and preface author) Selected Letters: A Web of Friendship, by C. Stead, 1928-73, 1990; (and introduction) Christina Stead, 1994. Address: 11 Burgoyne St, Gordon, Sydney, NSW 2072, Australia.