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Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 Poems
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Notes

  • Editor's note: Contains all poems from One Hundred Poems (1944) with some 'later pieces of the greatest distinction'.
  • Dedication: To Pauline and Paul

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1975 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Earth-Visitors (to N.L.)i"There were strange riders once, came gusting down", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Nurembergi"So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 3)
Pan at Lane Covei"Scaly with poison, bright with flame,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Taoisti"Those friends of Lao-Tzu, those wise old men", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 6)
Rubens' Innocentsi"If all those tumbling babes of heaven,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 7)
Marco Poloi"Reading how Marco Polo came", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Chessmeni"Chafing on flags of ebony and pearl,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 10)
Mangrovesi"These black bush-waters, heavy with crusted boughs", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11)
Thief of the Mooni"Thief of the moon, thou robber of old delight,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 12)
Heine in Parisi"LATE : a cold smear of sunlight bathes the room;", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 13-16)
Winter Dawni"AT five I wake, rise, rub on the smoking pane", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
A Surrenderi"When, to those Venusbergs, thy breasts,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Man of Sentiment, Kenneth Slessor , single work drama (p. 19-31)
Thieves' Kitcheni"Good roaring pistol-boys, brave lads of gold,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 32)
Starsi""THESE are the floating berries of the night,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Ghosti"Bees of old Spanish wine", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 34)
Undinei"IN Undine's mirror the cutpurse found", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 35)
Next Turni"NO pause! The buried pipes ring out,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 36)
City Nightfalli"SMOKE upon smoke; over the stone lips", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 37)
Adventure Bayi"Sophie's my world - my arm must soon or later", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 38)

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Works about this Work

Portrait of a Man of Sentiment: Kenneth Slessor Livio Dobrez , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings and papers of the 16th congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association , no. 16 (p. 128-145) Southerly , March vol. 37 no. 1 1977; (p. 16-32)
y separately published work icon Aspects of Australian National Character : An Exploratory Study of Australian Social Personality Kai Karl Kern , Canberra : 1968 19357783 1968 single work thesis

'Traditionally, national character in Australia as elsewhere, has been the domain of the historian and the political scientist rather than the psychologist. Systematic research data on Australian national character are almost non-existent, and much of what has been said and written in the literature about Australian national character can be most appropriately described as a 'popular concept' approach to the subject. This would be national character in its most original meaning and this approach has been used by historians and other writers [Baker, 1959; Coleman 1963; Lawrence, 1922; Palmer, 1954; Pringle, 1958) to reflect their observations of psychological traits or features thought to be characteristic of Australian citizens. While usually impressionistic rather than precise, such essayistic descriptions of national character nonetheless often contain much truth.' (Thesis description)

Three Lectures, Seven Books Noel Macainsh , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 29 1964; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Under the Bridge Bruce Beaver , 1961 selected work poetry ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Elements of Poetry Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 selected work criticism
Untitled Nancy Keesing , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 1 1964; (p. 65-67)

— Review of The Letters of Rachel Henning Rachel Biddulph Henning , 1952 selected work correspondence biography ; Five Senses : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1963 selected work poetry ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Madeleine Heritage Martin Mills , 1928 single work novel ; Capricornia : A Novel Xavier Herbert , 1938 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel Seaforth MacKenzie , 1937 single work novel
Untitled Elizabeth Riddell , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mirror , 9 July 1963;

— Review of Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry
Poetry Chronicle R. F. Brissenden , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 17 no. 1 1958; (p. 199-104)

— Review of Australian Poetry 1957 1957 anthology poetry ; The Moods of Love Laurence Collinson , 1957 selected work poetry ; Oedipus Verse : 1949-1956 John Podger , 1957 selected work poetry ; Three Elegies Jack Lindsay , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Shield of Place Mary Finnin , 1957 selected work poetry ; Cantos of Wandering Francis Brabazon , 1958 selected work poetry ; Bayonet and Grass T. Inglis Moore , 1957 selected work poetry ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; Poems of Life and Time George Frazer , 1957 selected work poetry ; A Book of South Australian Verse 1957 anthology poetry ; The Dancing Bough Nancy Cato , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Swagless Swaggie and Other Ballads : Selected Verse of Edward Harrington Edward Harrington , 1957 selected work poetry ; Act One : Poems Randolph Stow , 1957 selected work poetry
Untitled Nancy Keesing , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 1 1964; (p. 65-67)

— Review of The Letters of Rachel Henning Rachel Biddulph Henning , 1952 selected work correspondence biography ; Five Senses : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1963 selected work poetry ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Madeleine Heritage Martin Mills , 1928 single work novel ; Capricornia : A Novel Xavier Herbert , 1938 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel Seaforth MacKenzie , 1937 single work novel
Three Lectures, Seven Books Noel Macainsh , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 29 1964; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Under the Bridge Bruce Beaver , 1961 selected work poetry ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; The Elements of Poetry Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 selected work criticism
Untitled Scrutarius , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 29 no. 8 1963; (p. 42)

— Review of Such Is Life : Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins Tom Collins , 1897 single work novel ; Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry ; Capricornia : A Novel Xavier Herbert , 1938 single work novel ; Flying Fox and Drifting Sand : The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia Francis N. Ratcliffe , 1937 single work autobiography
More Slessor R. McC. , 1957 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 October vol. 78 no. 4052 1957; (p. 2,58)

— Review of Poems Kenneth Slessor , 1957 selected work poetry
Kenneth Slessor Richard Aldington , 1958 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Letters , April vol. 1 no. 3 1958; (p. 11-13) The Vital Decade : Ten Years of Australian Art and Letters 1968; (p. 34-36) Critical Essays on Kenneth Slessor 1968; (p. 124-127)
The Poetry of Kenneth Slessor Frederick T. Macartney , 1957 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 1957; (p. 265-272) Critical Essays on Kenneth Slessor 1968; (p. 104-112)
Portrait of a Man of Sentiment: Kenneth Slessor Livio Dobrez , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings and papers of the 16th congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association , no. 16 (p. 128-145) Southerly , March vol. 37 no. 1 1977; (p. 16-32)
y separately published work icon Aspects of Australian National Character : An Exploratory Study of Australian Social Personality Kai Karl Kern , Canberra : 1968 19357783 1968 single work thesis

'Traditionally, national character in Australia as elsewhere, has been the domain of the historian and the political scientist rather than the psychologist. Systematic research data on Australian national character are almost non-existent, and much of what has been said and written in the literature about Australian national character can be most appropriately described as a 'popular concept' approach to the subject. This would be national character in its most original meaning and this approach has been used by historians and other writers [Baker, 1959; Coleman 1963; Lawrence, 1922; Palmer, 1954; Pringle, 1958) to reflect their observations of psychological traits or features thought to be characteristic of Australian citizens. While usually impressionistic rather than precise, such essayistic descriptions of national character nonetheless often contain much truth.' (Thesis description)

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