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Notes
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This collection consists mainly of poems by Hewett and Kinsella, and it also contains autobiographical essays by both authors.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Through Different Eyes, single work autobiography (p. 8-9)
- The Cut Snake, extract autobiography (p. 10-14)
- Inlandi"Inland: storm tides,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- 70i"Two wheel ruts open out on the clearing", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Once I Rode with Clancy...i"Once I rode with Clancy through the wet hills of Wickepin,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- The Brothersi"Those ghostly brothers that I never had", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Rich Soil, the Mechanism: A Farm is Soldi"Deep in the Valley rich soil drives", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Sale of the Centuryi"This town site was 'bought'", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Witnessesi"This is the wide country", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Country Idylli"A glittering girl went out one day", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Relics, sequence poetry (p. 25)
- The Anthropologisti"Because he'd drink with the locals", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Rock Paintingsi"Slim went straight up there as soon", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Paintingi"The house yard harbours plumes of rust-faced dock concentrated", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Sculpting a Poem from the Landscape's Painting, sequence poetry (p. 26-28)
- The Poemi"A room that is poorly lit apart from a fire spitting", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Mythi"Back then", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Envoii"It is summer now and the water in the dams is diminishiing.", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Poem for Those at Wheatlandsi"You only realise", single work poetry (p. 31)
- The Siloi"Visitors, as if they knew, never remarked", single work poetry (p. 32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Writing on WA
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 September 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
W.A. Ink
i
"I'm tired of the wheatlands of Western Australia,",
2002
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 37) -
Personal Topographies
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
A shared testament
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography
-
Writing on WA
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 September 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
Back to the Fields of Youth
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 March 2000; (p. 23)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
Paperbacks
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2000; (p. 9)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
Kinship Country
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 April 2000; (p. 9)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography -
That was a Bird
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 221 2000; (p. 48-50)
— Review of Wheatlands 2000 selected work poetry autobiography ; Visitants 1999 selected work poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
W.A. Ink
i
"I'm tired of the wheatlands of Western Australia,",
2002
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 37)
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