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Dedication: For Christine
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
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, 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- A Sour Decadei"These are the years which furnish no repentance", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Clutching at Culturei"That same purr-voiced disc jockey", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Paradis Artificieli"Barbel-cheeked and hammer-toed,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Paradise Parki"It is a time of the distancing of friends,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- And No Help Camei"Where would you look for blessing who are caught", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Automatic Oraclei"The nation knew that it was winning", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Legs on Wheelsi"Behold the Master Species", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Essay on Cloudsi"A complacent Gulliver, I lie", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Susannah and the Eldersi"It you knew that this was Mrs Cartwright", single work poetry (p. 46)
- Disc Horsei"`Hi, folks, this is the high season for forks,", single work poetry (p. 49-50)
- The Melbourne General Cemeteryi"This is a territory strange", single work poetry (p. 53)
- Trapdoori"The origin of metaphor is strange.", single work poetry (p. 56-57)
- Redbacki"My next portmanteau-spider is a cert", single work poetry (p. 57-59)
- Pontormo's Sisteri"The world's face is a woman's", single work poetry (p. 68)
- Crossing the Tiber Islandi"This is God's Circus Maximus-", single work poetry (p. 69)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Interior Landscapes in Peter Porter's Later Poetry
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 93-97)
— Appears in: Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 111-121, notes 269-270) - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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Beyond Apocalypse
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 197-236) -
Peter's Pence
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 21-22 January 1989; (p. 5) -
Shelf Life [The Age (Saturday Extra), 11 February 1989]
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1989;
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Armed Against the Sour World
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 March 1988; (p. B6)
— Review of Smiling in English, Smoking in French : A Journal 1987 single work poetry ; The Automatic Oracle 1987 selected work poetry -
Resistance Fighter
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 100 1988; (p. 36-37)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle 1987 selected work poetry -
Porter With Pantoum and Triolets
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 1988; (p. 13)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle 1987 selected work poetry -
Why Thatcher Backlash Fills Peter Porter with Fear
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 28-29 May 1988; (p. 14)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle 1987 selected work poetry -
Defying Death and Deconstruction
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988; (p. 350-355)
— Review of The Automatic Oracle 1987 selected work poetry -
Peter's Pence
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 21-22 January 1989; (p. 5) - y Peter Porter South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
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Beyond Apocalypse
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 197-236) -
Shelf Life [The Age (Saturday Extra), 11 February 1989]
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1989; -
Passports to Paradise: Peter Porter and Clive James
1988
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: A Sense of Exile : Essays in the Literature of the Asia-Pacific Region 1988; (p. 67-79)
Awards
- 1988 winner Costa Book Awards — Whitbread Poetry Award
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