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y separately published work icon Loved, and Lost! The True Story of a Short Life : Told In Gossip Verse single work   poetry   children's   "The tallest tree in any British wood"
Issue Details: First known date: 1860... 1860 Loved, and Lost! The True Story of a Short Life : Told In Gossip Verse
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Loved and Lost comprises a collection of short verse. In her introduction to the poems, the author tells of her experience in raising an injured parakeet which then becomes the house pet. Meredith tells of its short life and untimely death and implores readers to not keep birds caged and in captivity. She advocates that birds should be let free and makes a case for this. The edition continues with verse about native Australian trees and flora, the fauna that make them their home, including the pet bird, and the story of the parakeet is continued in verse. The author has made a series of notes referring to flora, fauna and significant people, events and cultural traditions mentioned in the verse.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Melbourne, Victoria,: Day and Son ; George Robertson ,       1860 .
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      Link: 8502508Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 96p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To Owen Meredith his affectionate mother dedicates this book.
      • With an opening note from the author entitled 'Greeting! My Dear Young Readers' (pp. 9-18).
      • With notes on the poems (pp. 89-96).
      • Half-title page: Loved and Lost! a true story told and illustrated by LAM
      • Digitised by AustLit, 2009, from the collection of the NLA.
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Works about this Work

Bush Friends in Tasmania and Loved and Lost Kerry Heckenberg , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection 2010; (p. 60-61)
y separately published work icon Loved and Lost : A Tale in Verse by Louisa Anne Meredith Dinny Culican-Ward , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z1172339 2004 single work criticism This story is discussed within the context of a developing tradition of Australian children's literature.
y separately published work icon In the Service of Infinite and Glorious Creation: The Nature Writing of Louisa Anne Meredith Kordula Dunscombe , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z975333 1998 single work criticism Dunscombe discuss the work of Louisa Anne Meredith positing that the attention she gives to the natural environment in her novels has an 'overt conservationist message' (17) and engages with issues of domination, exploitation and general disrespect for the environment. Dunscombe argues that Meredith 'strove to foster in her readers a multi-dimensional appreciation of the natural world, encompassing emotional, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic, cultural scientific and practical understandings' (16). Dunscombe admires Meredith's work as an example of 19th century environmentalism and also for Merediths awareness and foregrounding 'of her less than authoratative status as woman and author' (as opposed to the more authoratitive position of male-professional environmentalist). Dunscombe believes that 'Meredith's well-established commkitment to close personal observation is the backbone of her scientific approach' (24) while her 'earnest purpose is to 'inculcate a love and respect for nature by using all the means at her disposal' (29).
y separately published work icon Loved and Lost : A Tale in Verse by Louisa Anne Meredith Dinny Culican-Ward , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z1172339 2004 single work criticism This story is discussed within the context of a developing tradition of Australian children's literature.
Bush Friends in Tasmania and Loved and Lost Kerry Heckenberg , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection 2010; (p. 60-61)
y separately published work icon In the Service of Infinite and Glorious Creation: The Nature Writing of Louisa Anne Meredith Kordula Dunscombe , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z975333 1998 single work criticism Dunscombe discuss the work of Louisa Anne Meredith positing that the attention she gives to the natural environment in her novels has an 'overt conservationist message' (17) and engages with issues of domination, exploitation and general disrespect for the environment. Dunscombe argues that Meredith 'strove to foster in her readers a multi-dimensional appreciation of the natural world, encompassing emotional, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic, cultural scientific and practical understandings' (16). Dunscombe admires Meredith's work as an example of 19th century environmentalism and also for Merediths awareness and foregrounding 'of her less than authoratative status as woman and author' (as opposed to the more authoratitive position of male-professional environmentalist). Dunscombe believes that 'Meredith's well-established commkitment to close personal observation is the backbone of her scientific approach' (24) while her 'earnest purpose is to 'inculcate a love and respect for nature by using all the means at her disposal' (29).
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