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John Watson John Watson i(A64595 works by) (a.k.a. John Maxwell Watson)
Born: Established: 1939 Bland Creek, Central West NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Three Obituaries and an Afternoon Tea John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 22524968 2021 selected work poetry 'The lives celebrated in Three Obituaries are of three diverse twentieth century figures: Jeanne Claude (1935-2009), Sophie Moss (1917-2009) and Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010). Jeanne Claude, the partner of the field artist Christo, was a prime mover in all their projects. Sophie Moss, born in Poland, embodied the wide-ranging turbulence of Europe during the war years. Mandelbrot famously discovered and named fractals, thereby altering the public perception of Geometry. For each of these figures, Watson devises epyllions, making of each life a lyrical epic. 'The Afternoon Tea is a Chekhovian affair shared with the poet Joseph Brodsky.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Tale of Gawain John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 22524925 2021 selected work poetry

'Gawain and the Green Knight is the celebrated poem from the time of Chaucer, written in the dialect then current in the north of England. Chaucer's language outlasted this dialect. The poem draws on rich Arthurian and folk traditions involving the Green Man and knightly virtue. It has been frequently translated but John Watson has chosen to devise a version running parallel to the original while avoiding direct translation. Here Gawain struggles afresh with the Green Knight's gruesome challenge and overcomes mysterious temptations in order to preserve the precept of Virtue as required at the Round Table.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Perambulator John Watson , Port Adelaide : Picaro Press , 2021 22005712 2021 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Notes on Memory John Watson , Port Adelaide : Picaro Press , 2021 22005670 2021 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Plagiarisms John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 21473679 2021 selected work poetry

'The rewriting of prose texts in iambics is perhaps primarily a way of reading them with deliberation; the texts here - favourites of course - have much in common. Those from Lampedusa posit the possibility of extraordinary events. Similarly, 'Sylvie' depends on extremities of tenderness exemplified by the scene in the Othys section when the narrator and Sylvie, descending the stairs, stage a re-enactment. And in the scene from Dali's novel Hidden Faces there is something in common with the luminous return to life near the end of The Count of Monte Cristo (which itself has echoes of the rapt statue scene in The Winter's Tale). To render these theatrical interludes in verse is of course an indulgence but also, it is hoped, a tribute and an invitation.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Leaving No Wake John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049702 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Finite Jest John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049551 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Falling Theatres John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049511 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Serenities John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049473 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Minim*lismas John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049433 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon A Broad Sky John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049353 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Unlikelihoods John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049314 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Rumours John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049274 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon From Association Records John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049191 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Dogwoods and Similes John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21049150 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon A Court Lady John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21048983 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Now It Can Be Told John Watson , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 21048944 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Haijo's Dog, Murphy John Watson , Port Adelaide : Picaro Press , 2020 20075501 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Reader, You Know the Rest John Watson , Port Adelaide : Picaro Press , 2020 20075362 2020 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon In Musgravia John Watson , Port Adelaide : Picaro Press , 2020 20075300 2020 selected work poetry
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