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Dedication: For Christopher Edwards.
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- At My Grandmother'si"An afternoon, late summer, in a room", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Family Photographsi"Fading to sepia as they too endure", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Maiden Auntsi"Beauty haunts them now with only the soft", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Childhood Illnessi"His fingers quailed and lost their grip, till books", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Indoor Gardeni"The Blakes have an indoor garden, cubic foot", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Unholding Herei"Unread, the book you asked for", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Notes from a Menageriei"And if, to the elucidation of your body's", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Dark Destroyeri"Coils of wind and water in their wake", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Difficult Letteri"And what should I write to you across", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Hotel Room Revisitedi"It is there; though with a lover's", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Footnote for a Bestiaryi"It is of course debatable, but tigers", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Epitaph for a Monster of Our Timesi"The age admires precision", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Sheer Edgei"Here at the sheer edge", single work poetry (p. 14)
- The Year of the Foxesi"When I was ten, my mother, having sold", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Starsi"The stars have so far to go", single work poetry (p. 19)
- The Comfortersi"The time comes at last", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Keeping Time The Music Lessoni"`Keep time, keep time!' My fingers vaulting over", single work poetry (p. 21)
- A Classroom in the Fifties "A gold Victorian" From a Classroom in the Fiftiesi"A gold Victorian fob-watch", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- From a Plague Yeari"A sign first in the sky, then other tokens,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- The Judas Touchi"Meeting by chance and speaking", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)
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Singing it Anew : David Malouf's Ransom
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-12) 'In 2009 David Malouf's Ransom was published to great critical and popular acclaim. Ransom presents itself very simply as a beautiful story about (among other things) loss, love, vulnerability and storytelling. But what does it mean to talk about the beautiful in writing? Etienne Gilson argues that writing is a making before it is a knowing or willing, so its primary concern is not a truth to be known or a good to be willed. Its primary concern is beauty. This paper explores how the beautiful operates in, and structures, Ransom.' (Author's abstract)
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Spaces of Hybridity : Creating a Sense of Belonging through Spatial Awareness
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 93-107) -
Too Quick a Splicing
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 6 January no. 4788 1995; (p. 22)
— Review of Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry - y David Malouf South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z165274 1993 single work criticism
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Silence Exile Cunning
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1993; (p. 78-85)
— Review of Selected Poems 1939-1990 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1975-90 1992 selected work poetry -
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry
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] 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry -
Poetry is Where You Find It
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 12 no. 1 1993; (p. 63-65)
— Review of Selected Poems 1939-1990 1992 selected work poetry ; Heartland 1992 single work novel ; Fabricating the Self : The Fictions of Jessica Anderson 1996 single work criticism ; The Seal Woman 1992 single work novel ; Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry ; Central Mischief : Elizabeth Jolley on Writing, Her Past and Herself 1992 selected work prose -
Malouf - Romantic of the Small Spaces
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 January 1993; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry -
Continuous Ripples
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , vol. 10 no. 1993; (p. 124-125)
— Review of Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry -
Spaces of Hybridity : Creating a Sense of Belonging through Spatial Awareness
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 93-107) -
Singing it Anew : David Malouf's Ransom
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue vol. 11 no. 1 2011; (p. 1-12) 'In 2009 David Malouf's Ransom was published to great critical and popular acclaim. Ransom presents itself very simply as a beautiful story about (among other things) loss, love, vulnerability and storytelling. But what does it mean to talk about the beautiful in writing? Etienne Gilson argues that writing is a making before it is a knowing or willing, so its primary concern is not a truth to be known or a good to be willed. Its primary concern is beauty. This paper explores how the beautiful operates in, and structures, Ransom.' (Author's abstract)
- y David Malouf South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z165274 1993 single work criticism
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After Poetry (15) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry : from Modern to Postmodern and Beyond
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 129 1992; (p. 36-42) -
Sentimental Educations : The Poetry of David Malouf
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 85-111)'David Malouf's poetry, marvellous as it is, is only one, comparatively small, part of a literary output noted for the variety of his modes. It is difficult to name many other writers working in poetry, the novel, the short story, the memoir, the review, the play, the critical essay and even libretti. It's tempting to say that, as in Malouf's imaginative universe, the boundaries between these modes are more porous than usual. In fact it is not a matter of Malouf mastering and excelling in different modes, but rather one of his transforming the latent possibilities of existing modes in order to make them play a part in the unfolding and expansions of this universe.' (Introduction)