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Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 The Verse of Christopher Brennan
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1960 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Verse of Christopher Brennan : Biographical Introduction, A. R. Chisholm , single work criticism biography (p. 1-38)
The Burden of Tyre : Prologue : Ii"If by decay from God (we ask'd)", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
The Burden of Tyre : The God : IIi"They said, For us the deeps were stirr'd", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Burden of Tyre : IIIi"The tyrant of the days and years,", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Burden of Tyre : IVi"Beyond the deeps what silence broke?", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 45)
The Burden of Tyre : The Folk : Vi"It is the coming of the night:", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Burden of Tyre : VIi"They hunger? give them men to slay:", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 47)
The Burden of Tyre : VIIi"- Not this, not this my word to you!", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 48)
The Burden of Tyre : The Prophets : VIIIi"Because ye sicken of thought (if e'er", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 49)
The Burden of Tyre : One Apart : IXi"Let them devour and be devour'd!", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 50)
The Burden of Tyre : Xi"Ere quite the westward shadow fade", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Burden of Tyre : XIi"Why are these streets aflare! - Today", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 52)
The Burden of Tyre : Wind and Wave : XIIi"Night: and I lean where the sea sings. -", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 53)
The Burden of Tyre : XIIIi"The herded waves are drifting, dark", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 54)
The Burden of Tyre : XIVi"When all the ways the worlds have trod", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 55)
The Burden of Tyre : Epilogue : XVi"O life, O radiance, love, delight,", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 56-57)
MDCCCXCIII: a Prelude : 1i"Sweet days of breaking light,", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 61-65)
Towards the Source : 1894-97, Christopher Brennan , sequence poetry (p. 61-93)
Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 2i"We sat entwined an hour or two together", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 66)
Sweet Silence After Bells! Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 3i"Sweet silence after bells!", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 67)

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Works about this Work

You are out of Time Adrian Mitchell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 166-175)
Echoes in the Wilderness : Weird Poetry in Australia Phillip A Ellis , Charles Lovecraft , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 3 2009; (p. 167-178)

In the following symposium, critics Phillip A. Ellis and Charles Lovecraft address several poets and their works within the realm of weird fiction, spotlighting a variety of themes and issues in this sorely neglected field of study. The critics, established poets in their own right, work towards establishing a clear template for further studies and readings which the editors of Studies in Australian Weird Fiction see as essential to readers of weird fiction, within Australian (sic) and abroad.

The Transposed World-- Aestheticism and Christopher Brennan Noel Macainsh , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 42 no. 1 1982; (p. 56-69)
The Verse of C.J. Brennan A. L. French , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 1 1964; (p. 6-19) The Australian Nationalists : Modern Critical Essays 1971; (p. 215-219)
French provides a negative assessment of Brennan's poetry, identifying passages that he regards as "obscure" rather than "profound". French criticizes Brennan's critics for paying too much attention to the poet's thought at the expense of a sustained critique of the artistic achievement of the poetry .
Untitled R. F. Brissenden , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Books Abroad , Winter vol. 35 no. 1962; (p. 72-73)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
Untitled 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 15 October 1960; (p. 9)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
[Review] The Verse of Christopher Brennan Martin Haley , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 6 October 1960; (p. 11)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
The Pound Barrier James McAuley , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Observer , 17 September vol. 3 no. 19 1960; (p. 27-28)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
Brennan's Collected Verse G. A. Wilkes , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 19 no. 4 1960; (p. 367-379)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
Brennan: A "Definitive" Collection? Gustav Cross , 1960 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 September 1960; (p. 16)

— Review of The Verse of Christopher Brennan Christopher Brennan , 1960 collected work poetry
Echoes in the Wilderness : Weird Poetry in Australia Phillip A Ellis , Charles Lovecraft , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , no. 3 2009; (p. 167-178)

In the following symposium, critics Phillip A. Ellis and Charles Lovecraft address several poets and their works within the realm of weird fiction, spotlighting a variety of themes and issues in this sorely neglected field of study. The critics, established poets in their own right, work towards establishing a clear template for further studies and readings which the editors of Studies in Australian Weird Fiction see as essential to readers of weird fiction, within Australian (sic) and abroad.

You are out of Time Adrian Mitchell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Change - Conflict and Convergence : Austral-Asian Scenarios 2010; (p. 166-175)
The Transposed World-- Aestheticism and Christopher Brennan Noel Macainsh , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 42 no. 1 1982; (p. 56-69)
The Verse of C.J. Brennan A. L. French , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 1 1964; (p. 6-19) The Australian Nationalists : Modern Critical Essays 1971; (p. 215-219)
French provides a negative assessment of Brennan's poetry, identifying passages that he regards as "obscure" rather than "profound". French criticizes Brennan's critics for paying too much attention to the poet's thought at the expense of a sustained critique of the artistic achievement of the poetry .
More About Brennan R. McC. , 1950 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 March vol. 71 no. 3655 1950; (p. 2)
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