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Blue Horses
1946
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poetry
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1944...
1944
The Blue Horses
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Notes
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Date of writing given in Under Aldebaran as 1940.
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Author's note reads in part : I had in mind Franz Marc's painting Tower of Blue Horses which seemed to me a symbol of that animal imaginative passion which creates the forms of culture but will not rest in them ....
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Text from this poem has been set to music by Richard Mills in a work entitled Visionary Fanfare, commissioned by Australia Australia Inc. for Australia's bicentennial. Performed at the Australia Australia concerts held at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne on September 24th and 25th, 1988.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Poems on European Paintings
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 83-94) -
From Heroism to Pietas : The Anti-Modernist's Progress in the Poetry of James McAuley
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 48 no. 3 1989; (p. 597-610) -
James McAuley : The Landscape of the Heart
1964
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Literature of Australia 1964; (p. 389-406) 'Explores the preoccupations that determine McAuley's poetry : a unified world view; discipline and dedication; significant results in society - that is, a return to Western civilization's tradition. Traces McAuley's poetic development and pursuit of these ideals, through a discussion of some of the major poems, Captain Quiros in particular.' (Robert Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945-1988, p. 253.)
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James McAuley : The Landscape of the Heart
1964
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Literature of Australia 1964; (p. 389-406) 'Explores the preoccupations that determine McAuley's poetry : a unified world view; discipline and dedication; significant results in society - that is, a return to Western civilization's tradition. Traces McAuley's poetic development and pursuit of these ideals, through a discussion of some of the major poems, Captain Quiros in particular.' (Robert Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945-1988, p. 253.) -
Australian Poems on European Paintings
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 1991; (p. 83-94) -
From Heroism to Pietas : The Anti-Modernist's Progress in the Poetry of James McAuley
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 48 no. 3 1989; (p. 597-610)
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