| Description |
231 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
A.B. ('Banjo") Paterson: The man from Snowy River, Clement Semmler -- Christopher Brennan: The wanderer, L.A.C. Dobrez -- Shaw Neilson: The orange tree, Annette Stewart -- Kenneth Slessor: Captain Dobbin, Leonard Burrows -- Jenneth Slessor: Five bells, P.K. Elkin -- R.D. FitzGerald: The wind at your door, Julian Croft -- A.D. Hope: Clover honey, Dorothy Jones -- Douglas Stewart: The silkworms, Yasmine Gooneratne -- Judith Wright: Brother and sisters, Old man, Two old men, Dorena Wright -- James McAuley: Terra Australis, Dennis Bartholomeusz -- Peter Porter: On first looking into Chapman's hesiod, Les Murray -- Les Murray: Toward the imminent days, K.L. Goodwin -- Bruce Dawe: First Corinthians at the crossroads, A Victorian hangman tells his hove, John Hainsworth -- Michael Dransfield: Minstrel, Portrait of the artist as an old man, Bums' rush, I tell myself I'm through with love, Geoff Page |
| Summary |
Takes a close and critical look at Australia's most notable poetry. this book is in fact a collection of critical essays, each containing at least one poem of significant Australian poet. The writers of the commentaries are established critics (some of them ares also poets), who are familiar not only with Australian poetry but also with English, American and European literature generally, for one of the main objects of the book is to take a fresh look at the most famous and some of the most notable recent Australian poems in the context of poetry generally |
| Analysis |
Poetry in English. Australian writers. Anthologies |
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Poetry in English. Australian writers. Critical studies |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Anthologies.
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Australian poetry -- History and criticism.
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Australian poetry -- 20th century.
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Australian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Australian poetry.
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| Author |
Elkin, Peter Kingsley.
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| LC no. |
78315983 |
| ISBN |
0702210196 |
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0702210250 (paperback) |
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