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Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters
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1991
Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters
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* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters : Introduction, single work criticism (p. xi-xxix)
- Earth-Visitors (to N.L.)i"There were strange riders once, came gusting down", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Nurembergi"So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Marco Poloi"Reading how Marco Polo came", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Mangrovesi"These black bush-waters, heavy with crusted boughs", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Winter Dawni"At five I wake, rise, rub on the smoking pane", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Starsi""THESE are the floating berries of the night,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Next Turni"NO pause! The buried pipes ring out,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- City Nightfalli"SMOKE upon smoke; over the stone lips", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Adventure Bayi"Sophie's my world - my arm must soon or later", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Night-Ridei"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Realities (to the Etchings of Norman Lindsay)i"Now the statues lean over each to each, and sing,", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Captain Dobbini"Captain Dobbin, having retired from the South Seas", single work poetry (p. 14-18)
- The Atlas : 4 : Mermaidsi"ONCE Mermaids mocked your ships", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- The Atlas : 5 : the Seafighti"Here in a gulf of golden leaf", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Elegy in a Botanic Gardensi"The smell of birds' nests faintly burning", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Untitledi"Flowers turned to stone! Not all the botany", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Untitledi"Two chronometers the captain had,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Untitledi"Sometimes the god would fold his wings", single work poetry (p. 25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Constellating an Unconstellated Star : Christopher Brennan's Relationships with Australian Poetry and Poets
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 58-79) Phillip A. Ellis's essay 'looks at poet Christopher Brennan's relationships, and his influence, as both subject of critical and scholarly material.' (vii)
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The Drowned World of Kenneth Slessor
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 5-19) Examines one of Slessor's central preoccupations - his fascination with drowning - and its significance in Slessor's work. -
Slessor's Contradictions
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Dry Season vol. 15 no. 1 1992; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism -
Slessor and Neilson Books Recover Two Australian Poets...
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 159-161)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence 1991 selected work poetry autobiography correspondence extract -
Roots and Writers
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Redoubt , Summer no. 13 1992; (p. 86-90)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; HeyDays : Memories and Glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia 1937-1947 1991 single work autobiography
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Some Roundabouts and a Swing
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , December vol. 10 no. 4 1991; (p. 59-60)
— Review of The Life and Opinions of Tom Collins : A Study of the Works of Joseph Furphy 1991 multi chapter work criticism ; John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence 1991 selected work poetry autobiography correspondence extract ; Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; The Ivory Swing 1982 single work novel -
Cambridge as She'll Never be Again...
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 July 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of May Week Was in June : Unreliable Memoirs Continued 1990 single work autobiography ; Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Preludes : A Literary Annual , November no. 7 1991; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Writer's News , June vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; The Folly of Spring : A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry 1990 selected work criticism biography ; The Poetry of Canberra 1990 anthology poetry -
Roots and Writers
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Redoubt , Summer no. 13 1992; (p. 86-90)
— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; HeyDays : Memories and Glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia 1937-1947 1991 single work autobiography -
Constellating an Unconstellated Star : Christopher Brennan's Relationships with Australian Poetry and Poets
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 58-79) Phillip A. Ellis's essay 'looks at poet Christopher Brennan's relationships, and his influence, as both subject of critical and scholarly material.' (vii)
-
The Drowned World of Kenneth Slessor
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 5-19) Examines one of Slessor's central preoccupations - his fascination with drowning - and its significance in Slessor's work.
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