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1 A. D Hope's 'The Death of the Bird' : Between Romantic Symbol and Modernist Anti-symbol Henry Weinfield , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 3 2008; (p. 161-171) In his close examination of Hope's elegy, Weinfield argues that the bird is not a Romantic symbol, or a Modernist anti-symbol, but rather a form of life that the poet is capable of understanding, because 'he understands that he himself is a form of life and that, therefore, nothing living is alien to him' (164). Although its artistic values might now be out of fashion, Weinfield finds the poem original and extraordinary because of the Hope's ability to evoke love and tenderness, 'not only as a theme but through his language and the movement of his quatrains' (170), and he predicts that the poem is 'going to remain with us for a long time - as long as English poetry is read' (171).
1 'Thinking out afresh the whole poetic problem' : Brennan's Prescience; Mallarme's Accomplishment Henry Weinfield , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 3 2008; (p. 10-26) Discusses Brennan's understanding of the significance of French poet Stephane Mallarme as a poet and in poetry. While examining Mallarme's poetic theory and practice, Weinfield argues that Brennan's prescience in regard to Mallarme surpasses his own poetic capacities, but it had a 'deep and abiding impact upon subsequent Australian literature' (11).
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