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An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow
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"The word goes round Repins, the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,"
First known date:
1967
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First known date:
1967...
1967
An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow
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In Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 the date 1967 and 'Penarth' is printed after the poem, suggesting that this is the date and place it was written.
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I’m the Autistic One but I’m Not the Weeper
Robert Norton
(interviewer),
2016
single work
interview
— Appears in: Rob Norton 2016;'An interview with Les and Valerie Murray in 2016 at their home in Bunyah, NSW.'
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Is There an Australian Pastoral Poetry?
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 38-51) Pastoral was common as a European literary genre from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. It existed in other artistic forms as well, especially in the visual arts, and after its demise as a distinct genre elements of it persisted into the twentieth century, for example in music. With the colonial spread of European culture the pastoral influence also extended into other countries, with a mixed fate. Recently, the term Pastoral has come back into prominence in literature in English, not only in Great Britain but also, notably in the USA and Australia, with the growth of writing motivated by ecological involvement with the natural world, especially landscape. This has led to re-definitions of the term Pastoral in the last few decades. A number of Australian poets are looked at to see whether, and how, their writing about landscape might relate to, or incorporate elements of the Pastoral. The Australian poet John Kinsella, in particular, has been a widely published spokesperson for a new definition of Pastoral. His published works trace his move from a politically activist anti-colonialist redefinition of Pastoral towards a quieter, more harmonious, and essentially ethical engagement with the natural world. -
My Intervention (in Cowdy)
2015
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autobiography
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 49.0 2015; -
The Solid Mandala and Patrick White’s Late Modernity
2011
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criticism
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011; 'This essay contends that the Australian novelist Patrick White (1912-1990) presents, in his novel The Solid Mandala (1966), a prototypical evocation of late modernity that indicates precisely why and how it was different from the neoliberal and postmodern era that succeeded it. Late modernity is currently emerging as a historical period, though still a nascent and contested one. Robert Hassan speaks of the 1950-1970 era as a period which, in its 'Fordist' mode of production maintained a certain conformity yet held off the commoditisation of later neoliberalism's 'network-driven capitalism'. This anchors the sense of 'late modernity,' that will operate in this essay, though my sense of the period also follows on definitions of the term established, in very different contexts, by Edward Lucie-Smith and Tyrus Miller.' (Author's introduction)
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'Isn't There a Poem about This, Mr de Mille?' : On Quotation, Camp and Colonial Distancing
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 377-391)
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Afterword
1971
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— Appears in: Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 218-220) -
The Impossible Infinite : Les Murray, Poetry, and the Sacred
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 166-171) Examines the poetry of Les Murray and finds an 'awareness, a coming to realize that it is impossible to speak of God, even as God is represented, imaged, mimicked, and called on...the very closest the poetry comes to the sacred'. (p.171) -
'Isn't There a Poem about This, Mr de Mille?' : On Quotation, Camp and Colonial Distancing
2008
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 377-391) -
An Absolutely Ordinary Poem? : Les Murray's 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow'
1984
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criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoints : H.S.C. English Literature , no. 85 1984; (p. 60-63) -
The Solid Mandala and Patrick White’s Late Modernity
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 4 no. 1 2011; 'This essay contends that the Australian novelist Patrick White (1912-1990) presents, in his novel The Solid Mandala (1966), a prototypical evocation of late modernity that indicates precisely why and how it was different from the neoliberal and postmodern era that succeeded it. Late modernity is currently emerging as a historical period, though still a nascent and contested one. Robert Hassan speaks of the 1950-1970 era as a period which, in its 'Fordist' mode of production maintained a certain conformity yet held off the commoditisation of later neoliberalism's 'network-driven capitalism'. This anchors the sense of 'late modernity,' that will operate in this essay, though my sense of the period also follows on definitions of the term established, in very different contexts, by Edward Lucie-Smith and Tyrus Miller.' (Author's introduction)
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