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'In this book of poetry, Kingsbury is where the poet has been based since he came from the People's Republic of China in 1991, the first time he came into extensive contact, and conflict with a very different culture and multi-culture.
'Covering a period of about 160 years from the First Opium War (1840) to the beginnings of the 21st century, The Kingsbury Tales serves up a poetic plate of multi-taste choice foods with choice tales, each tale represented by a poem, not longer than one A-4 page, told by people from all walks of life, including wives, concubines, lawyers, diplomats, students, professors, factory workers, mental patients and visitors, from a colonial and postcolonial point of view.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
- In Lieu of a Prologue, single work prose (p. 1)
- Writing a Poem, in the Suni"The blinding sun of Wuhan, at my East Window", single work poetry (p. 45)
- New Accentsi"In Kingsbury, in the late 1990s", single work poetry (p. 46)
- A Novel, Tentativelyi"Verse Novel? No, that's a tautology or an oxy", single work poetry
- A Brief History of Chinese Studying Overseasi"In Kingsbury, a kangaroo historian is found", single work poetry
- Li Hongzhang's Tale, A Fragmenti"Perhaps you do not know this name?", single work poetry
- Gu Hongming's Talesi"No, he is not Wellington Koo or Gu Weijun", single work poetry
- Two Bulletin Talesi"On 14/4/1888", single work poetry
- An Aboriginal Talei"In my 15 years in Melbourne I have only ever met", single work poetry
- Sir Wong Hung Foo's Talei"In Kingsbury, Sir Wong Hung Foo is a man disconsolate", single work poetry
- Wung-Ti's Talei"You don't remember me? Ah, you such short memories", single work poetry
- Sir Robert Hart's Talei"In Kingsbury, Sir Robert Hart comes alive one day", single work poetry
- Men Who Held up the Processioni"On June 4th or the day after in 1989", single work poetry
- Woman and the Horse, a Short Talei"Emperor Taizong of Tang (599-649)", single work poetry
- The White Woman With Bound Feeti"I must write about her regardless", single work poetry
- Twenty Dollar Babyi"She doesn't read Chinese", single work poetry
- The Mistress's Talei"I must confess that the idea of this poem germinated whilst I", single work poetry
- Shanghai Womeni"This Shanghai woman sitting before me", single work poetry
- Ms Cui's Talei"That night, the loneliest and the saddest", single work poetry
- The Heart Beati"'you called me last night when I was out doing some", single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Ouyang Yu's 'The Knightsbury Tales'
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Selected Essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures 2014; (p. 61-64) -
On Asian Australian Poetry
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 75-88)'In his essay, Timothy Yu reflects on both the limitations ad possibilities of identifying poetry as 'Asian Australian.' (Vickery and Alizadeh, 11)
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Cyril Wong Reviews The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 5 2009;
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry -
Not What It Means : What It Is
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry -
Poets Caught between Land and Sea and Cultures
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 December 2008; (p. 15)
— Review of Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Sleeping Alone 2008 selected work poetry ; The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Buoyancy 2008 selected work poetry
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Poets Caught between Land and Sea and Cultures
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 December 2008; (p. 15)
— Review of Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Sleeping Alone 2008 selected work poetry ; The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Buoyancy 2008 selected work poetry -
Not What It Means : What It Is
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry -
Cyril Wong Reviews The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 5 2009;
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry -
On Asian Australian Poetry
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 75-88)'In his essay, Timothy Yu reflects on both the limitations ad possibilities of identifying poetry as 'Asian Australian.' (Vickery and Alizadeh, 11)
-
Ouyang Yu's 'The Knightsbury Tales'
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Selected Essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures 2014; (p. 61-64)
- Kingsbury, Ivanhoe - Heidelberg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1800-1899
- 1900-1999
- 2000s