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Canticle for the Bicentennial Dead single work poetry "They are talking, in their cedar benched rooms"

Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert

Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Canticle for the Bicentennial Dead

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y Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia Australian Writing 1988; Australian Writing Now vol. 5 no. 1/2 Manfred Jurgensen (editor), Robert Adamson (editor), Indooroopilly : 1988 Z292109 1988 periodical issue poetry prose criticism Indooroopilly : 1988
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1988
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pg. 206-207
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y The Weekend Australian Magazine 11-12 June 1988 Z634966 1988 newspaper issue 1988
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1988
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pg. 15
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y The Clean Dark Robert Adamson , Sydney : Paper Bark Press , 1989 Z367130 1989 selected work poetry Sydney : Paper Bark Press , 1989
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1989
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pg. 92-93 Section: Part 4: No River, No Death
Note: Poem has extra (final) line
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y Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 Z223512 1990 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units) St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990
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1990
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pg. 266-267
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y From the Republic of Conscience : An International Anthology of Poetry Kerry Flattley (editor), Chris Wallace-Crabbe (editor), Flemington : Aird Books Amnesty International , 1992 Z442383 1992 anthology poetry satire Flemington : Aird Books Amnesty International , 1992
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1992
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pg. 52-53
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y Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 Robert Adamson , Chris Edwards (editor), St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001 Z874442 2001 selected work poetry St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001
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2001
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pg. 197-198
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y The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems Robert Adamson , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535162 2008 selected work poetry Abstract 'The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from the last four decades, as well as many superb new poems. Selected and arranged by the author, it provides an accessible introduction to Australia's foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008
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2008
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pg. 102-103
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y Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 Z1570296 2009 single work criticism (taught in 3 units) Abstract 'This is a superb introduction to poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. With insight and insider knowledge, poet Geoff Page emphasises the contribution made by the notable generation of Australian poets who emerged during and just after World War II. It includes several contemporary poems which are likely to become classics in the near future. Each poem is followed by a short, lively essay discussing its merits and suggesting why it might be considered a classic.' (Publisher's blurb) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009
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2009
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pg. 210-211
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y The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
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pg. 127-128
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y Rochford Street Review no. 30 November 2020 20843364 2020 periodical issue 2020
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2020
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Robert Adamson (1943- ) : 'Canticle for the Bicentennial Dead' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 211-214)

'To Fresh Woods and Pastures New'? Modern Australian Elegy and Literary Tradition Werner Senn , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself 2002; (p. 127-136; notes 291-291)

Robert Adamson's Reckoning Robert Harris , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62)

Robert Adamson (1943- ) : 'Canticle for the Bicentennial Dead' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 211-214)

Robert Adamson's Reckoning Robert Harris , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62)

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