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1 Unacknowledged Legislators Robert DiNapoli , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , no. 2 2020; (p. 6-11)

'Pestilence, plague, epidemic: outbreaks of contagious disease have punctuated human history for as long as humans have gathered in communities and told one another stories about how they got there. Given how much human labour has been devoted to the matter of simply not dying, spectacles of mass death arrest our attention. Whether its cause be natural disasters such as fires, floods, earthquakes or storms, the human folly of war or the deeper shock of invisible agents that unpick the body’s integrity from within, we are both horrified and fascinated by the theatre of extinction.' (Introduction)
1 The Free and the Brave Robert DiNapoli , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , March no. 1 2020; (p. 37)
1 Screwtape Redux : A Devil’s Vaunt i "What muddles may we not wring from such heads", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , December no. 163 2019; (p. 59)
1 Ballistics i "What poetry could stop a bullet’s whine?", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 161 2019; (p. 50)
1 Meteorology i "In the end it all comes down to words,", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 Sentries: The Watch i "I may have years to wait, however sharp", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 Rumblings i "This doesn't stop with me. My vertigo", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 This Is No Simple Case of Right and Wrong i "I have a job to finish. Time grows short.", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 The Salient i "Just like the walls of Hadrian or Qin,", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 Brinksmanship Robert DiNapoli , 2019 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 19 May vol. 29 no. 10 2019;
1 The Lookout Man (It's All in Yer 'ead') i "Lefty schemed the heist: he’d read the plans", Robert DiNapoli , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , February no. 158 2019; (p. 57)
1 New Year’s Day : Wisdom in Exile i "What land proscribes you and can yet survive?", Robert DiNapoli , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October no. 156 2018; (p. 54)
1 Agency i "Who writes these notes that turn up every day", Robert DiNapoli , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October no. 156 2018; (p. 53)
1 Casus Belli i "I bid the world go hang, and it's told me", Robert DiNapoli , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June / July no. 154 2018; (p. 9)
1 The Paper Pool i "Sharp ceiling lights make every shadow three.", Robert DiNapoli , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June / July no. 154 2018; (p. 9)
1 Trump Suit i "Passionate intensity paves the air", Robert DiNapoli , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 149 2017; (p. 54)
1 Stars i "In 1993 my wife would laugh when I arose, a stepladder deity", Robert DiNapoli , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 149 2017; (p. 39)
1 The Launch Code : Easy as Pi i "Barack, I told Donald the launch code was 3.141592", Robert DiNapoli , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 149 2017; (p. 35) Arena Magazine , June / July no. 154 2018; (p. 9)
1 Hamlet at the Modern University i "What botch is this? My gracious mother’s bed", Robert DiNapoli , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , April no. 147 2017; (p. 39)
1 Allsorts of Myth Robert DiNapoli , 2016 single work essay review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June - July no. 142 2016; (p. 49-50) 'Stephen Knight is a well-known medievalist and a central figure in the currently trending study of ‘medievalism’—the creative appropriation of medieval themes, images and narratives in every sort of modern medium. His latest book, The Politics of Myth, surveys nine figures, both fictional and historic, whose stories have achieved a resonance that transcends such facts as we have, or think we have, about their lives. Some of his choices are obvious candidates for his analyses, others a bit more quirky. Some, like the Arthurian triad of Arthur, Merlin and Guinevere, and Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, arose almost from their very beginnings as narrative fictions. Others, such as Robin Hood and Joan of Arc, Knight observes as they transition from indistinct historical milieux into the timeless halls of myth. Still others such as Elizabeth I, Shakespeare and Ned Kelly are better known to historians than to traditional mythographers.' (Introduction)
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