Ebook: Australian poetry since 1788
Author: Lehmann Geoffrey, Gray Robert
- Tags: Australian poetry. Australian poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Australian poetry -- 18th century. Australian poetry -- 19th century. Australian poetry -- 20th century. Australian poetry -- 21st century. POETRY -- Australian & Oceanian.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
- City: Chicago
- Language: English
- epub
The first of its kind, this landmark poetry anthology contains the work of Australia's major poets as well as lesser-known but equally affecting writers of Australian poetry since 1788. Ranging from concrete to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse, this work also features translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems. With pieces Read more...
Abstract: The first of its kind, this landmark poetry anthology contains the work of Australia's major poets as well as lesser-known but equally affecting writers of Australian poetry since 1788. Ranging from concrete to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse, this work also features translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems. With pieces from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb boo