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Notes
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Dedication: To Rhonda
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Epigraph: Comprised of three quotations by Simone Weil, David Malouf and Derek Walcott.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
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England,c
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United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Salt Publishing
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Ars Poeticai"The quick brown fox fucks the lazy metaphor", single work poetry (p. 5)
- In Refutation of a Former Aesthetici"The tree", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Whatever Happenedi"No I'm sorry I can't", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Encomium to an Inebriatei"Even your excellencies proving inadequate,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Lines pour les Symbolistesi"Rimbaud was one beau", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Contemporary Tatlersi"Wine, travel, personalities, high chic,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- A Defence of Poetryi"When a crashed airliner leaves over ninety deceased,", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- The Gaze Avertedi"Look me in the eye and say", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ward of the Iceflowi"On a mystic whim I limned inspired thoughts verbatim", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Failures of Arti"Stubbly buds and full-blown comets", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Still Life, 2001i"I am stuck in a comfortable, paid-for seat", single work poetry (p. 19)
- On Chennai Beachi"Green, angular shells, like the sea's elbows,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Last Emperori"2000 a.d. Now Mao's perpetual revolution", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Reality's Conquestsi"Narrow and slightly ovalled", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Bologna Morningi"Under mid-winter's soupy sky, the dark", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Understandingsi"The full measure of darkness", single work poetry (p. 26)
- In Madrid, 1971i"Tourists' footsteps jingle as they step out", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Writ in Wateri"A Schadenfreude of clouds beats off the hills", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
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Dennis Haskell : In Search of Syngei"This frayed rope, battered, fish smelling",
single work
poetry
(p. 30)
Note: With title: In Search of Synge
- Ode to Edinburgh, without Ironyi"The not too distant hills are white", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Sliding Scale of Self-Repair in Dennis Haskell’s Acts of Defiance
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 36-57) 'The contemporary lyric’s rich possibilities for resituating history and life stories still remain largely unexplored. Lyric poetry and history have always had, understandably, an uneasy relationship; the lyric is traditionally linked to the symbolic, not to fact or even necessarily, as we know from medieval or earlier poems, to a speaker that we can name or authorise. Yet, the instrument and agency of lyric evolve too, like science and technology, making room for strengths previously unexploited, rooted and waiting. Dennis Haskell’s powerful body of work, balancing on a delicate and self-referential focus on human language itself, offers us a glimpse into the future. This article offers a critical study of 21st ecosystems of human language, as acts of self-repair, a perspective permeating Dennis Haskell’s pioneering and poetic cycle of work, resonant with medical discoveries in our era. As we look ahead through the lens of Haskell’s “geographies of time,” we also explore lyric legacies of the elegiac, pointing us to update continuously our apprehension of the human body of language among the larger balances, of earth and space, and, then again, with one another, up close.' (Publication abstract) -
The Poetry of Dennis Haskell : Stylisation and Elegy
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 19-35) 'In this essay I concentrate on the elegiac poetry of the Australian poet Dennis Haskell. I argue that the emphasis in Haskell’s work on the quotidian, clarity of expression and the communication of emotion, has a material effect on the ways in which Haskell approaches the elegiac project: the poetic expression of grief in the face of loss. In the essay I identify three main classes of elegy in Haskell’s oeuvre: elegies for fellow poets (which, after Lawrence Lipking, I call “tombeaux”); the familial elegy; and the spousal elegy. Haskell’s engagement with the genre of the elegy therefore occupies a spectrum between what might be termed “public” elegies, and “intimate” elegies. As I discuss, the intimate elegies indicate a more profound, and sometimes troubled, engagement with the genre of elegy, tipping on occasion in anti -elegy and self-elegy. By undertaking textual analyses of various poems from within the three classes of elegy practised by Haskell, I illustrate the different ways in which he deals with one of the most profound problems that faces an elegist: how to express the profound emotion of grief through the affordances of poetic stylisation.' (Publication abstract) -
“A Need for Voices” : The Poetry of Dennis Haskell
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 6-18) 'This article presents a critical reading of the poetry of Dennis Haskell. Inspired by the experience of hearing the poet read, it uses the concept of poetic voice as an entry point for critical analysis. Haskell has described his poetic aim as being to “write a poetry that incorporates ideas but never ostentatiously … with as quiet as possible verbal skill, and in a way that evokes the deepest emotions” (Landbridge) . The paper identifies key aspects of voice in the poetry, drawing on arguments by Robert Pinsky and Al Alvarez that voice implies a reaching out to an auditor or reader, and thus has social and cultural dimensions. Attending to both technique and meaning, it first analyses two short lyric poems by Haskell, “One Clear Call” and “The Call,” which explore the power of voice in poetic and pre-linguistic settings respectively. Poetic voice becomes a vehicle of social critique in “Australian Language’s Tribute to the Times,” a bemused satire on the clichéd language of modern politics and economics. In the next section of the paper the focus shifts to his recurrent creative interest in poems of international travel and in particular international flight. The experience of flying is the subject of lucid, practical philosophical reflections in “GA873: The Meaning of Meaning” and “Reality’s Conquests,” while in “As You Are, As We Are” and “Our Century,” Haskell presents vivid intercultural encounters in a voice that is candid, observant and responsive to others.' (Publication abstract) -
Writing the Ordinary : Poets in Conversation
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 35-42) -
An Uncertain Smile : Humour in the Poetry of Dennis Haskell
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 25-31)
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Perceptive But Painful Pleasure
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 June 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry -
'So You Make a Shadow' : Australian Poetry in Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 81-98)
— Review of Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry ; All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry ; The Escape Sonnets and Other Poetry 2006 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 2006 selected work poetry ; Ocean Island 2006 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations 2007 selected work poetry ; Excess Baggage and Claim 2007 selected work poetry ; The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006 selected work poetry ; Typewriter Music 2007 selected work poetry ; Fredy Neptune 1998 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; A Difficult Faith : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; The City of Empty Rooms 2006 selected work poetry ; Helen of Troy and Other Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry -
Entering the Page : The Big Idea
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 1 2008; (p. 224-228)
— Review of All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry -
Illustrator Wins Top Premier's Book Prize
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 June 2007; (p. 7) -
Interview with Dennis Haskell
Lucy Dougan
(interviewer),
2008
single work
interview
— Appears in: Indigo , Autumn no. 2 2008; (p. 8-15) Dennis Haskell answers questions about his childhood and education and his development as a poet. -
The Civilising Value of the Humanities
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 9-13) -
The Lyric Impulse in Dennis Haskell's All the Time in the World
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 17-24) -
An Uncertain Smile : Humour in the Poetry of Dennis Haskell
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 25-31)
Awards
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