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Examines Thumboo's experiences as an 'internationalist' Singaporean travelling within Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific and the impact of these travels on his poetry. Particular attention is drawn to Thumboo's naming of personal friends and acquaintances in his poems and of the link between relationships and a sense of place.
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work discusses an Asian writer.
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Edwin Thumboo - The Poet as Traveller
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Edwin Thumboo - The Poet as Traveller
Subjects:
- To Moresby on Conference 1979 single work poetry
- After the Leaving... 1987 single work poetry
- Kangaroo Island 1993 single work poetry
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