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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Northern Circle : 1 : The Heat Behind Mei"Set off the heat behind me", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Northern Circle, single work poetry (p. 1-8)
- Northern Circle : 2i"And this inland sickness", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Northern Circle : 3i"Here you sweat differently it is", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Northern Circle : 4i"In the mountains there were tables", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Northern Circle : 5 : Letter to Brigidi"You were right about loneliness;", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Northern Circle : 6 : North-West Winter (for Cait)i"Smell-streaks on the apple", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Northern Circle : 7i"Daughters...", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Give Me Time and I'll Tell Youi"O how they opened the gates for me,", single work poetry (p. 9-11)
- Travelling Haikui"Light brought the birds first,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Jumps Jockeyi"They turn their bodies", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Stand Up and be Countedi""Stand up and be counted", they keep saying,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ghosts, Places, Stories, Questionsi"Ghosts, places, stories, questions:", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Christmas Coldi"Unseasonable Christmas, cold,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Cold Spring Tankai"Spring. Eyes grow private;", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Dual Choicei"Heat's whetstone in the sky", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Lightning and Water : 1 : Lost Roomsi"Windows. Growing up late, (was it?)", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Lightning and Water, single work poetry (p. 21-25)
- Lightning and Water : 2 : Tears and Raini"Winter, far winter. The dammed floods", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Lightning and Water : 3 : Room to Walki"Spring was damp as autumn. My feet", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In Search of the Celtic Sunrise
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 37-46) 'The title of this paper caused me a lot of trouble. I thought the one I settled on was brilliant, but unfortunately, when I came to write the paper to go with it, I found difficulty in making a match. For a while it seemed that my search was leading only to a Celtic sunset. However,it did give me a reason to traipse around Wales and Ireland and Scotland and the Canadian Maritimes, even if in Ireland and Scotland the sun I was seeking neither rose nor set, but remained resolutely hidden beneath mists and clouds. I gathered a fair amount of history on my journeying, and the full version of this paper uses this to provide a context for the cultural differences I located in the poetry. There is, however, no time to go into this analysis of the contrasting histories of settlement, and of the distinct economic, political and religious circumstances in the countries of origin. Instead I will ask that you take those matters as given while I concentrate mainly on poets whose work demonstrates the cultural differences that arose from these circumstances.' (Author's introduction, 37)
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Grasping the Cosmic Jugular : Golden Builders Revisited
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; 'Dr John M. Wright was a student of Vincent Buckley's in the 1970s and regards him as his mentor for a life of poetry. In this paper he explains how Buckley's poetry has worked in his own emotional and intellectual life and suggests that the poetic sequence, Golden Builders, has never received the recognition it deserves.' (http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1412) -
Spaces in Vincent Buckley's Poetry
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; 'This paper traces some of the forms taken by space in Vincent Buckley's poetry and some ways in which spaces are opened, closed off, filled, invited and shaped. It loosely follows a poetic development that itself loosely follows the trajectory of the life: from country to city and imaginatively back; from a separation of Australian and Irish matter to a pattern of connections and continuities. In early poems that deal with childhood the inside of the house is shut away. In the next phase, set in early maturity and the city, rooms become important, inhabited but set apart. That pivotal poem Golden Builders multiplies ideas about space in a tumultuous process of breaking open, breaking down, linking, imprisoning, provisionality, construction and regrowth, in which the self and its thoughts and cries compete with others to be heard and felt. After this, space is used much less defensively and in The Pattern it is mapped and traversed to close the major separation in both the poetry and the life, the separation of the two source countries. In Last Poems boundaries either vanish or are contemplated without anxiety. Spaces are at ease with forms.' (Source: http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1451) -
Wandering the Dream City : Memory, Self and the World in Golden Builders
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; ,This essay begins by examining the relationship between self, place and memory in Vincent Buckley's Golden Builders sequence and proceeds to make connections with his oeuvre as a whole. In response to the unpredictability of the city, the self cultivates both Keatsian 'Negative Capability' and self-discipline. These paired qualities make for a focused attentiveness to the city, to its inhabitants and to the speaker's own place in the scheme of things as a city-dweller and a poet. Concurring with the location of Buckley's poetry in the Romantic tradition's dialogue of self and world, this essay seeks to extend the terms of the discussion by including a consideration of one poem from the sequence in terms of its resemblance to a common Romantic lyric type. It concludes with an assessment of the contribution of personal pronouns to the subject's self-management, focussing on the use of the second person pronoun.' (Source : http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1453) -
Contemporary Poetry and the Sacred
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 23 no. 2 2007; (p. 153-167)
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Unfolding Versus Unloading
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , October no. 64 1977; (p. 68-73)
— Review of Selected Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; Golden Builders and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 April 1972; (p. 20)
— Review of Golden Builders and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Review , 27 May-2 June 1972; (p. 903)
— Review of Golden Builders and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 February 1977; (p. 29)
— Review of Golden Builders and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 August 1977; (p. 23)
— Review of Golden Builders and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Contemporary Poetry and the Sacred
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 23 no. 2 2007; (p. 153-167) -
Wandering the Dream City : Memory, Self and the World in Golden Builders
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; ,This essay begins by examining the relationship between self, place and memory in Vincent Buckley's Golden Builders sequence and proceeds to make connections with his oeuvre as a whole. In response to the unpredictability of the city, the self cultivates both Keatsian 'Negative Capability' and self-discipline. These paired qualities make for a focused attentiveness to the city, to its inhabitants and to the speaker's own place in the scheme of things as a city-dweller and a poet. Concurring with the location of Buckley's poetry in the Romantic tradition's dialogue of self and world, this essay seeks to extend the terms of the discussion by including a consideration of one poem from the sequence in terms of its resemblance to a common Romantic lyric type. It concludes with an assessment of the contribution of personal pronouns to the subject's self-management, focussing on the use of the second person pronoun.' (Source : http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1453) -
Spaces in Vincent Buckley's Poetry
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; 'This paper traces some of the forms taken by space in Vincent Buckley's poetry and some ways in which spaces are opened, closed off, filled, invited and shaped. It loosely follows a poetic development that itself loosely follows the trajectory of the life: from country to city and imaginatively back; from a separation of Australian and Irish matter to a pattern of connections and continuities. In early poems that deal with childhood the inside of the house is shut away. In the next phase, set in early maturity and the city, rooms become important, inhabited but set apart. That pivotal poem Golden Builders multiplies ideas about space in a tumultuous process of breaking open, breaking down, linking, imprisoning, provisionality, construction and regrowth, in which the self and its thoughts and cries compete with others to be heard and felt. After this, space is used much less defensively and in The Pattern it is mapped and traversed to close the major separation in both the poetry and the life, the separation of the two source countries. In Last Poems boundaries either vanish or are contemplated without anxiety. Spaces are at ease with forms.' (Source: http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1451) -
Grasping the Cosmic Jugular : Golden Builders Revisited
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; 'Dr John M. Wright was a student of Vincent Buckley's in the 1970s and regards him as his mentor for a life of poetry. In this paper he explains how Buckley's poetry has worked in his own emotional and intellectual life and suggests that the poetic sequence, Golden Builders, has never received the recognition it deserves.' (http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal/article/view/1412) -
In Search of the Celtic Sunrise
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journeying and Journalling : Creative and Critical Meditations on Travel Writing 2010; (p. 37-46) 'The title of this paper caused me a lot of trouble. I thought the one I settled on was brilliant, but unfortunately, when I came to write the paper to go with it, I found difficulty in making a match. For a while it seemed that my search was leading only to a Celtic sunset. However,it did give me a reason to traipse around Wales and Ireland and Scotland and the Canadian Maritimes, even if in Ireland and Scotland the sun I was seeking neither rose nor set, but remained resolutely hidden beneath mists and clouds. I gathered a fair amount of history on my journeying, and the full version of this paper uses this to provide a context for the cultural differences I located in the poetry. There is, however, no time to go into this analysis of the contrasting histories of settlement, and of the distinct economic, political and religious circumstances in the countries of origin. Instead I will ask that you take those matters as given while I concentrate mainly on poets whose work demonstrates the cultural differences that arose from these circumstances.' (Author's introduction, 37)
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