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Alec King Alec King i(A3752 works by) (a.k.a. Alexander King; Alex King)
Born: Established: 22 May 1904 Dorset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: Mar 1970 Canterbury, Box Hill - Burwood area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1929
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1 Fra Angelico's 'Flight into Egypt' i "You may look at it in the half light", Alec King , 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Unprosaic Imagination : Essays and Lectures on the Study of Literature 1975; (p. 204-205)
1 'Tested, They Were Found to Be No Longer There' i "This blandness is too ignorant,", Alec King , 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Unprosaic Imagination : Essays and Lectures on the Study of Literature 1975; (p. 203)
1 y separately published work icon The Unprosaic Imagination : Essays and Lectures on the Study of Literature Alec King , Francis King (editor), Nedlands : UWA Publishing , 1975 Z843958 1975 selected work essay criticism poetry
1 The Look of Australian Poetry in 1967 Alec King , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 27 no. 2 1968; (p. 171-183)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Other Half : Poems Judith Wright , 1966 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems Rodney Hall , 1967 selected work poetry ; A Window at Night Max Harris , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry
1 [Review] Wild Cat Falling Alec King , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1965; (p. 70-71)

— Review of Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson , 1965 single work novel
1 In Memoriam, T.S. Eliot i "Poems used the living man", Alec King , 1965 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1965; (p. 9-10)
1 Contemporary Australian Poetry (I) Alec King , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: An Introduction to Australian Literature 1965; (p. 52-60)
1 [Review] Bernard O'Dowd [et al] Alec King , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , December vol. 1 no. 4 1964; (p. 274-281)

— Review of Bernard O'Dowd Bernard O'Dowd , 1963 selected work poetry ; Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , 1963 selected work poetry ; Victor Daley Victor J. Daley , 1963 selected work poetry ; Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , 1963 selected work poetry ; Shaw Neilson John Shaw Neilson , 1963 selected work poetry ; Australian Poets 1963 series - publisher
1 [Review] The Rainbow Serpent, and Other Poems Alec King , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Summer vol. 7 no. 1 1963; (p. 92-93)

— Review of The Rainbow Serpent, and Other Poems Ernest G. Moll , 1962 selected work poetry
1 Untitled Alec King , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Winter vol. 7 no. 3 1963; (p. 84-87)

— Review of Southmost Twelve Robert D. FitzGerald , 1962 selected work poetry
1 Untitled Alec King , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Spring vol. 7 no. 4 1963; (p. 87-89)

— Review of Australian Literary Criticism 1962 anthology criticism
1 Australian Poet and Settler-- Tough or Sentimental Alec King , 1962 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November no. 2-3 1962; (p. 93-96)
1 Thoughts on the Poetry of Brennan Alec King , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 3 1961; (p. 3-6)
1 Compiled for Its Editors Alec King , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1959; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1958 anthology poetry
1 The University and Australian Literature Alec King , 1959 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 2 1959; (p. 25-27)
1 [Review] Act One : Poems Alec King , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 2 no. 2 1958; (p. 93-94)

— Review of Act One : Poems Randolph Stow , 1957 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Writing Alec King , London : Longmans, Green , 1955 Z843961 1955 single work prose
1 Provoking Alec King , 1953 single work essay
— Appears in: The Winthrop Review , Michaelmas vol. 1 no. 2 1953; (p. 41-44)
This is the transcript of "a paper read to a Graduate Seminar (on 7 September, 1953). It arose from certain queries about Psychology which occurred to one or two students of English. There queries were of this kind: In what fields can Phychology be usefully, validly applied? In what sense does Psychology set up to be a science..."
1 On Boucher's Picture 'La Petite Morphi' i "La Petite Morphi, how openly tenderly nude,", Alec King , 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1950; (p. 25)
1 Not Very Exciting Alec King , 1948 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Review, 1938-1948 1948; (p. 92-95)
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