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Describe his life from 1911 to 1916\u003Cbr> Published posthumously\u003Cbr> The tittle taken from William Blake’s poem THE ECHOING GREEN |\n| MY PLACE | 1987 | SALLY MORGAN |  Milestone in aboriginal literature\u003Cbr> Set in morgan’s hometown Perthin western Australia |\n\nFATHER AND SONS  \n1907  \nEDMUND GOOSE  \n Subtitle: A Study of Two Temperaments  \n Partially inspired Peter Cary’s novel OSCAR AND LUCINDA  \n Describe his early years and relationship between a religious father and son’s rejection of his father’s fundamentalist religion.  \n| TIME BENDS: A LIFE | 1987 | AUTHUR MILLER |  Deals with his boyhood in Brooklyn and his experience as a Dramatist. |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| DE PROFUNDIS | 1905 | OSCAR WILDE |  Written during his imprisonment\u003Cbr> A long letter of 50000 words written to lord Alfred Doglas in 1897.\u003Cbr> Title means: From the Depth. |\n| THE DEVIL FINDS WORK | 1976 | JAMES BALDWIN |  Deals with his experience of watching movies.\u003Cbr> Also 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