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Gender: Male
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1 Personal Topographies Nils Eskestad , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Wheatlands Dorothy Hewett , John Kinsella , 2000 selected work poetry autobiography
1 Dancing "on Bits of Paper" : Les Murray's Soundscapes Nils Eskestad , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 64-75) Considers language and metre in Murray's poetry, examining it in relation to Murray's concept of "Wholespeak" which requires poetry to "engage us physically, in addition to integrating our different levels of consciousness" (p.66). The influences of Hopkins's sprung rhythm, Gaelic sound patterns and Aboriginal poetry on Murray's work are also explored.
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