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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Selected Poems [1990]
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Notes

  • A further revision of Selected Poems, first published by Angus and Robertson in 1975. It incorporates poems from Bone Scan, 1988.
  • Dedication: To Thomas Riddell

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Alter Egoi"Who stands beside me still,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Wine is Drunki"The wine is drunk, the woman known.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
In Hospitali"Morning, I dare not stir", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
At the Water's Edge (to Vivian Smith)i"Smooth, reptilian, soaring", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Anniversaryi"So the light falls, and so it fell", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 7)
Dichterliebei"So hungry-sensitive that he", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 8)
Beethoven, 1798 (to Rex Hobcroft)i"He sings, often at night. His voice is shocking.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Old Wife's Talei"Summer, transpose your haunting themes", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 9-11)
The Glass Jari"A child one summer's evening soaked", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
A Postcardi"Snow crusts the boughs' austere entanglement.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Clair de Lune (Poet to Bluestocking)i"Let us walk with this cone of light", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Calm Dayi"Set in the hills' freshwater green", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Hesperiani""The old philosophy's dead and finished", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 16-18)
Giorgio Morandii"An old man in Bologna stares", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 18)
Daphne Restoredi"Never will flesh and bone ascend", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
In Zurich by the Tideless Lakei"In Zurich by the tideless lake", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
`I Am the Captain of My Soul'i"But the Captain is drunk, and the crew", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
A Casei"Uprights undid her: spires and trees.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Often I Wake in Darkness Caro Autem Infirmai"Often I wake in darkness", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Triste, Tristei"In the space between love and sleep", Walter Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Oxford, Oxfordshire,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Oxford University Press ,
      1991 .
      Alternative title: Collected Poems : Gwen Harwood
      Extent: 216p.
      Edition info: English edition of the 1990 Selected Poems. Verso of title page: This edition renamed Collected Poems first published in Oxford Poets as an Oxford University Press paperback.
      Note/s:
      • Oxford Poets
      ISBN: 0192828827
    • Watsons Bay, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Imprint , 1996 .
      Extent: 216p.p.
      Edition info: Imprint Classics ed.
      ISBN: 187589229x

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Gwen Harwood Selected Poems Angie Barillaro , Essendon North : Radiant Heart Publishing , 2011 9284955 2011 single work criticism
Editing Gwen Harwood Alison Hoddinott , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 29-45)
Alison Hoddinott tells of the 'experience of editing some of the prose and poetry of Gwen Harwood'. (Island)
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Aristotle with Wattles Fleur Adcock , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 24 January 1992; (p. 23)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry
A Special 1991 Tribute to Gwen Harwood Shirley Despoja , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 January 1992; (p. 10)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
A Special 1991 Tribute to Gwen Harwood Shirley Despoja , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 January 1992; (p. 10)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry
Three Dimensions Philip Hodgins , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 75 1990; (p. 28-29)

— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Roland Robinson , 1989 selected work poetry
New Selecteds from Two of Australia's Most Talented Poets Alan Gould , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 January 1991; (p. B6)

— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1990 selected work poetry ; Blessed City : The Letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell, January to September 1943 Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work correspondence ; Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry
Strong Bones of a Joyous Poetry Bev Roberts , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 9)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry
Editing Gwen Harwood Alison Hoddinott , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 29-45)
Alison Hoddinott tells of the 'experience of editing some of the prose and poetry of Gwen Harwood'. (Island)
y separately published work icon Gwen Harwood Selected Poems Angie Barillaro , Essendon North : Radiant Heart Publishing , 2011 9284955 2011 single work criticism
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