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“She Flings her Elfin Dreams of Mystery” : The Child-Poet Gwen Cope in the Land of “Australian Faery,” 1931–1939
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , January vol. 51 no. 1 2013; (p. 21-30) 'Gwen Cope enjoyed a significant reputation as a gifted Australian child-poet throughout the 1930s. Nevertheless, her two collections remain unacknowledged in the history of Australian literature despite their popularity. This article situates Cope's fairy-poetry against the ideological backdrop defined by adult fairy-poets of the 1930s to reveal fundamental discords between the child-poet writing her vision of fairy-folklore and the canonical writers who aimed to re-conceptualize " faery-lore" in the interests of Australian national literature.' (Author's abstract) -
A Reader's Notebook
1929
single work
criticism
— Appears in: All About Books , 21 October vol. 1 no. 11 1929; (p. 337-338)
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A Reader's Notebook
1929
single work
criticism
— Appears in: All About Books , 21 October vol. 1 no. 11 1929; (p. 337-338) -
“She Flings her Elfin Dreams of Mystery” : The Child-Poet Gwen Cope in the Land of “Australian Faery,” 1931–1939
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , January vol. 51 no. 1 2013; (p. 21-30) 'Gwen Cope enjoyed a significant reputation as a gifted Australian child-poet throughout the 1930s. Nevertheless, her two collections remain unacknowledged in the history of Australian literature despite their popularity. This article situates Cope's fairy-poetry against the ideological backdrop defined by adult fairy-poets of the 1930s to reveal fundamental discords between the child-poet writing her vision of fairy-folklore and the canonical writers who aimed to re-conceptualize " faery-lore" in the interests of Australian national literature.' (Author's abstract)
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