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Slessor's 'Five Visions of Captain Cook' single work   criticism  
  • Author:agent Julian Croft http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/croft-julian
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Slessor's 'Five Visions of Captain Cook'
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A close reading of Slessor's sequence, focussing on the nature of the visions and the visionaries; the use Slessor makes of his sources; and questions of unity. Argues that the sequence has a unity of purpose: to consider Cook's stature as a a hero; a unity of concept: the relationship of Cook to Time; and a unified structure based on the recurring motif of Time.

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Notes on Slessor's 'Five Visions' Julian Croft , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 4 no. 2 1969; (p. 172-174) Comments on the differences between Slessor's own notes on 'Five Visions' and Croft's earlier article.
Slessor's Cook : The Imprudent Hero Gerald McCallum , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 176-178)
Slessor's Three Visions of Time and the Sea Julian Croft , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 38-68)
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