was Christina Stead's fifth novel, and the second with an Australian setting. She described it as a sequel to
The Man Who Loved Children(1940), her loosely autobiographical depiction of her early family life. In many respects this novel is even more autobiographically accurate than its prequel, although Stead does, as in
The Man Who Loved Children, alter the dates of events. Stead left Australia in 1928, whereas Teresa Hawkins, Stead's heroine, arrives in London in 1936. Harcourt Brace did not require an American setting, as Simon and Schuster had done with
The Man Who Loved Children, so the sequel became Stead's most important Australian novel. In particular, Stead focuses on Australia as an “island continent” and Australians as “sea people”. Teresa's voyage to…
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Citation: Snaith, Anna. "For Love Alone". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 July 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5104, accessed 26 November 2024.]
