Talk:Voss (novel)

Plot
I've put in what I think are the relevant plot and symbolic elements of the novel. However, I am not a literary theorist, so I'm happy for a more extensively researched and well-founded discussion to be added. I'm sure a lot has been written on this book before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.195.49.10 (talk) 01:43, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, the plot summary is not accurate. A person from Voss's party survived too, having lived with the Aboriginal tribe for 20 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.0.170 (talk) 03:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

the above comment is inaccurate. the plot summary refers to the survival of one member of the party. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.98.227.16 (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

This is such an incredibly beautiful novel, although White called it "unreadable" in his autobiography. The plot is quite simply the creation of a National myth and he uses a great many biblical themes to do it, and yet he snapped in his autobiography to read Jung's "Interpretation of Dreams". You forgot to point out Laura as the Virgin Mother. And how could you forget the Comet?Nannygoatstrut (talk) 04:28, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Harry M Miller vs Sidney Nolan
We say that Miller bought the film rights, engaged David Mercer to write the screenplay, etc.

But I have a newspaper cutting from 2001 that says Sidney Nolan was so entranced by the novel that he retitled one of his earlier portraits "Voss", and "... later bought the film rights to the novel. He even arranged for a screenplay to be written by English playwright David Mercer and courted famous film directors for the project". (Benjamin Genocchio, "In over his head" [review of a "Heads", an exhibition of Nolan portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra], Weekend Australian, 25-26 August 2001, Review, p. R16).

How did the running of the project go from Nolan to Miller? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  00:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)