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y The Automatic Oracle selected work poetry

Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter

Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Automatic Oracle

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Dedication: For Christine
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A Sour Decade"These are the years which furnish no repentance", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 1)

Clutching at Culture"That same purr-voiced disc jockey", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 2)

Paradis Artificiel"Barbel-cheeked and hammer-toed,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 19)

Paradise Park"It is a time of the distancing of friends,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 20)

And No Help Came"Where would you look for blessing who are caught", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)

The Automatic Oracle"The nation knew that it was winning", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25-26)

Legs on Wheels"Behold the Master Species", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 27-28)

Essay on Clouds"A complacent Gulliver, I lie", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 36-37)

Susannah and the Elders"It you knew that this was Mrs Cartwright", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 46)

Disc Horse"`Hi, folks, this is the high season for forks,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 49-50)

The Melbourne General Cemetery"This is a territory strange", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 53)

Trapdoor"The origin of metaphor is strange.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 56-57)

Redback"My next portmanteau-spider is a cert", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 57-59)

Pontormo's Sister"The world's face is a woman's", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 68)

Crossing the Tiber Island"This is God's Circus Maximus-", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 69)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Oxford University Press , 1987 .

Extent: 72p.

Note/s:

'The most intelligent poet, the most lively mind in the whole of the art, writing in Britain at present' - Robert Gray, The Age. (appears on cover)

Series: Oxford Poets Oxford University Press (publisher), series - publisher

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Interior Landscapes in Peter Porter's Later Poetry Bruce Bennett , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 93-97)
— Appears in: Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 111-121, notes 269-270)

y Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism

Beyond Apocalypse Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 197-236)

Peter's Pence John Murche , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 21-22 January 1989; (p. 5)

Shelf Life [The Age (Saturday Extra), 11 February 1989] Jane Sullivan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1989;

Armed Against the Sour World Peter Pierce , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 March 1988; (p. B6)
— Review of Smiling in English, Smoking in French : A Journal Geoff Page , 1987 single work poetry ; The Automatic Oracle Peter Porter , 1987 selected work poetry

Resistance Fighter Bruce Bennett , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 100 1988; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle Peter Porter , 1987 selected work poetry

Porter With Pantoum and Triolets Evan Jones , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 1988; (p. 13)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle Peter Porter , 1987 selected work poetry

Why Thatcher Backlash Fills Peter Porter with Fear Mark O'Connor , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 28-29 May 1988; (p. 14)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle Peter Porter , 1987 selected work poetry

Defying Death and Deconstruction Andrew Wallace , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988; (p. 350-355)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle Peter Porter , 1987 selected work poetry

Peter's Pence John Murche , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 21-22 January 1989; (p. 5)

y Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism

Beyond Apocalypse Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 197-236)

Shelf Life [The Age (Saturday Extra), 11 February 1989] Jane Sullivan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1989;

Passports to Paradise: Peter Porter and Clive James Bruce Bennett , 1988 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: A Sense of Exile : Essays in the Literature of the Asia-Pacific Region 1988; (p. 67-79)

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