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Author Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000.

Title Chance encounters / A.D. Hope ; with a memoir of A.D. Hope by Peter Ryan
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1992

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 W'PONDS  827.03 H7918 Z/Rya  AVAILABLE
Description 163 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "'I have had the great good fortune to have been able to live an almost entirely private life with a small circle of friends and colleagues . . .'" "With this modest disclaimer A. D. Hope, poet and teacher, embarks on a brief account of his life, a story fashioned around encounters and incidents which retain their importance to him after many years. As his path crosses those of Christopher Brennan and J. R. R. Tolkien, James McAuley and Kid Orey, Ern Malley and F. R. Leavis, the poet sets down what made the moment 'interesting and amusing in itself'." "The result is an affectionate memoir, plain tales which reveal aspects of the life of a man whose poetry, teaching and criticism have made a unique contribution to Australia's literature."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis English teachers Biography Australia
Hope, A. D
Hope, A.D
Poets, Australian Biography 20th century
A.D. Hope
Australian poetry
Autobiography
Notes M RARE copy from the collection of Prof. Jean P. Whyte
Subject Hope, A. D. Alec Derwent, 1907-
Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000.
Australian poetry -- 20th century.
English teachers -- Australia -- Biography.
Poets, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Author Ryan, Peter, 1923-
LC no. 92176403
ISBN 0522844308