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This selection consists of essays and reviews from A Working Forest, together with some previously uncollected work, providing an insight into Murray's thoughts about Australia's history and Australian attitudes to clothes, religion, the republican issue, Australian customs and the bush. Longer essays listed here are interspersed with short pieces which Murray wrote for his column 'Our Man in Bunyah' which ran in the Independent Monthly between 1993-1996, and which appear together in A Working Forest.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Potts Point,
Kings Cross area,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Quality of Sprawli"Sprawl is the quality", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- A Generation of Changes, single work prose autobiography (p. 3-14)
- Some Religious Stuff I Know About Australia, single work prose (p. 19-49)
- Flaunt, Scunge and Death-Freckles, single work prose (p. 53-68)
- The Australian Republic, single work prose (p. 69-87)
- In a Working Forest, single work prose autobiography (p. 91-120)
- The Import of Seasons Preface, single work prose (p. 123-130)
- Filming a Poem, single work criticism (p. 135-158)
- The Trade in Images, single work prose (p. 163-173)
- Eric Rolls and the Golden Disobedience, single work criticism (p. 177-208)
- The Preamble's Bottom Line, single work essay (p. 213-235)
- The Dream of Wearing Shorts Foreveri"To go home and wear shorts forever", single work poetry (p. 237-239)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 November 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Larger Than Life
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 October vol. 117 no. 6197 1999; (p. 112)
— Review of Les Murray : A Life in Progress 2000 single work biography ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Essaying Some Home Truths
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Looking for Estrellita 1999 selected work prose criticism biography ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
In Singing Hands
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 1999; (p. 14)
— Review of Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Redneck Bites Black Dog
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 4 no. 10 1999; (p. 7-9,26)
— Review of Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay ; Les Murray : A Life in Progress 2000 single work biography
-
Redneck Bites Black Dog
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 4 no. 10 1999; (p. 7-9,26)
— Review of Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay ; Les Murray : A Life in Progress 2000 single work biography -
In Singing Hands
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 1999; (p. 14)
— Review of Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Essaying Some Home Truths
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of Looking for Estrellita 1999 selected work prose criticism biography ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Larger Than Life
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 October vol. 117 no. 6197 1999; (p. 112)
— Review of Les Murray : A Life in Progress 2000 single work biography ; The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay -
Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 November 1999; (p. 21)
— Review of The Quality of Sprawl : Thoughts about Australia 1999 selected work prose autobiography criticism essay
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