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The Lad Who Started Out single work   poetry   "October and the open air"
Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 The Lad Who Started Out
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Notes:
Earliest known manuscript date, 1909
First line of verse: "October and the shining air put wondrous thoughts in him;"

Works about this Work

"The Green Singer": Neilson's Pastoral Poetry Carmel Gaffney , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 54 no. 2 1994; (p. 82-96)
Gaffney examines John Shaw Neilson's poetry in terms of the poet's loss of faith in a harmonious universe. Shaw Neilson constantly turned to Spring as an inspirational source and this was inevitably connected to God. However, Shaw Neilson was troubled by the dualism of God and nature, making the search for harmony confused and the vision fragmented. Nevertheless, the poet's continued search influenced rare moments of mystical insight, fostering his belief in its importance.
Valediction to Morning 1910-1920 Cliff Hanna , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Folly of Spring : A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry 1990; (p. 73-108)
Valediction to Morning 1910-1920 Cliff Hanna , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Folly of Spring : A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry 1990; (p. 73-108)
"The Green Singer": Neilson's Pastoral Poetry Carmel Gaffney , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 54 no. 2 1994; (p. 82-96)
Gaffney examines John Shaw Neilson's poetry in terms of the poet's loss of faith in a harmonious universe. Shaw Neilson constantly turned to Spring as an inspirational source and this was inevitably connected to God. However, Shaw Neilson was troubled by the dualism of God and nature, making the search for harmony confused and the vision fragmented. Nevertheless, the poet's continued search influenced rare moments of mystical insight, fostering his belief in its importance.
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