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Issue Details:
First known date:
1963...
vol.
6
no.
1
October
1963
of
Australian Letters: A Quarterly Review of Writing and Criticism
est. 1957
Australian Letters
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 1963 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
-
The Six Days of Creation,
sequence
poetry
(p. 3-15)
Note: Illustrated by Leonard French.
- The First Dayi"How can it be thought?", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Second Dayi"With sluice-holes for the rain,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Third Dayi"What violent rich tapestry", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Fourth Dayi"The sun's glory by day,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Fifth Dayi"Tomorrow is the time", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Sixth Dayi"Pollen on the tacky stigma,", single work poetry (p. 15)
-
By Reef and Tide : Louis Becke's Literary Reputation,
single work
criticism
biography
A. Grove Day gives a short account of Becke's life and work before examining Becke's reputation from his first publications to the 1960s. Grove Day demonstrates that, while Becke's work has attracted little substantial criticism, anthologies regularly contain Becke stories.
- Australian Troubles in the Californian Gold Rush, single work (p. 27-34)
- Nightscape, single work poetry (p. 45)
- A Memory of My Father'si"Near Canberra forty years ago, one hot", single work poetry (p. 46)
- Dreams, single work poetry (p. 47-48)
- Different Peoplei"She said they were", single work poetry (p. 49)
- Poemi"To say the end", single work poetry (p. 50)
- Aphrodite Returns, single work poetry (p. 51)
- The Deserts of Bohemia, single work short story (p. 52-57)
- Victimi"Three nights ago I was a young girl", single work poetry (p. 57)
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