| Description |
360 pages, ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Feeding the ghost ; 1 |
| Summary |
This book is aimed at providing criticism on contemporary Australian poetry in a form that is accessible to general readers. It is intended to be the first in a series which will grapple with the bewildering diversity of the contemporary poetry scene. Australian poetry deserves a criticism that accompanies the astonishing momentum and luminosity that has developed, which both elucidates the scale of poetic achievement and is also not afraid to evaluate that achievement through a rigorous and disinterested critical lens. Australian poets have been feeding the ghost with extraordinary energy and acumen over the last quarter of a century; it is now time for Australian poetry criticism to catch up |
| Subject |
Australian poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Author |
Kissane, Andy, 1959- editor
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Musgrave, David, editor
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Rickett, Carolyn, editor
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| ISBN |
9781921450358 (paperback) |
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9781922186966 |
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