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Pastoral was common as a European literary genre from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. It existed in other artistic forms as well, especially in the visual arts, and after its demise as a distinct genre elements of it persisted into the twentieth century, for example in music. With the colonial spread of European culture the pastoral influence also extended into other countries, with a mixed fate. Recently, the term Pastoral has come back into prominence in literature in English, not only in Great Britain but also, notably in the USA and Australia, with the growth of writing motivated by ecological involvement with the natural world, especially landscape. This has led to re-definitions of the term Pastoral in the last few decades. A number of Australian poets are looked at to see whether, and how, their writing about landscape might relate to, or incorporate elements of the Pastoral. The Australian poet John Kinsella, in particular, has been a widely published spokesperson for a new definition of Pastoral. His published works trace his move from a politically activist anti-colonialist redefinition of Pastoral towards a quieter, more harmonious, and essentially ethical engagement with the natural world.
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- A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest 1851 single work poetry
- The Creek of the Four Graves 1845 single work poetry
- The Drover's Wife 1892 single work short story
- Bush Studies 1902 selected work short story
- South Country 1939 single work poetry
- Droving 1962 single work poetry
- Second Thoughts on The Georgics 1989 single work poetry
- An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow 1967 single work poetry
- Walking to the Cattle Place : A Meditation 1972 sequence poetry
- Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language 2008 selected work criticism essay
- The Silo 1995 single work poetry
- The Hunt and Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry
- The New Arcadia 2005 selected work poetry
- Jam Tree Gully : Poems 2012 selected work poetry
- Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography 2008 selected work poetry prose
- Tide 2013 selected work short story
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