Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Michael Sharkey, writing in the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature called the anthology "a brave effort to display the development and achievement of a body or work that will bear comparison with any in the 'Anglosphere'", noting that Page's definition of the world 'classic' "is flexible enough to admit contemporary works that he would happily take with him into ...
The Australian and Other Verses is a collection of poetry by the Scottish-Australian writer Will H. Ogilvie, published by Angus and Robertson, in 1916. [1] The collection includes two illustrated plates by Hal Gye. [1] The collection consists of 81 poems from a variety of sources. [1]
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
The idle fancy of a dream — Australia! There is a land where homesteads peep From sunny plain and woodland steep, And love and joy bright vigils keep; Where the glad voice of childish glee Is mingling with the melody Of nature's hidden minstrelsy — Australia! There is a land where, floating free, From mountain-top to girdling sea,
Collected Poems 1988: Ugly Sister: 1944 (best known date) The North Ship: Under a splendid chestnut tree... 1950-06 (best known date) Collected Poems 1988: Ultimatum: 1940-06 (best known date) Collected Poems 2003: Unfinished Poem: 1951 (best known date) Collected Poems 1988: Vers de Société: 1971-05-19: High Windows: The View: 1972-08 (best ...
The Never Never is the name of a vast, remote area of the Australian Outback, [1] [2] [3] as described in Barcroft Boake's poem "Where the Dead Men Lie": Out on the wastes of the Never Never - That's where the dead men lie! There where the heat-waves dance forever - That's where the dead men lie! [4]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Brennan influenced Australian writers of his own generation and many who succeeded him, including R. D. Fitzgerald, A. D. Hope, Judith Wright and James McAuley. [2] In remembrance, the Fellowship of Australian Writers established the Christopher Brennan Award which is presented annually to "an Australian poet who has written work of sustained quality and distinction".