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This issue includes some reproductions of Aboriginal art.
Also included are some commentaries and criticisms on art, music and politics, along with a section of poetry from American writers including Harry Roskolenko.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
- The Cultural Stream, single work column (p. iv)
- Introduction : The Darkening Ecliptic 1944, single work criticism (p. 2-6)
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Preface and Statement,
single work
prose
(p. 7)Ern Malley's introductory remarks to The Darkening Ecliptic.
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The Darkening Ecliptic,
collected work
poetry
(p. 7-33)
Note: Includes all the poems comprising The Darkening Ecliptic.
- Durer: Innsbruck, 1495i"I had often, cowled in the slumberous heavy air,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Sonnets for the Novachord : (i)i"Rise from the wrist, o kestrel", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Sonnets for the Novachord : (ii)i"Poetry: the loaves and fishes,", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Sweet Williami"I have avoided your wide English eyes:", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Boult to Marinai"Only a part of me shall triumph in this", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Sybillinei"That rabbit's foot I carried in my left pocket", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Night Piecei"The swung torch scatters seeds", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Documentary Filmi"Innumerable the images", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Palinodei"There are ribald interventions", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Night-Piece (Alternate Version)i"The intemperate torch grazed", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Baroque Exteriori"When the hysterical vision strikes", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Perspective Lovesongi"It was a night when the planets", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Culture as Exhibiti"`Swamps, marshes, borrow-pits and other", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Egyptian Registeri"The hand burns resinous in the evening sky", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Young Prince of Tyrei"Inattentive, suborned, betrayed, and shiftless,", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Colloquy with John Keatsi"I have been bitter with you, my brother,", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Indecent Advertisements'
2002
single work
non-fiction
— Appears in: Jacket , June no. 17 2002; -
The Ern Malley Affair
2002
extract
criticism
— Appears in: Jacket , June no. 17 2002; -
The Hoax
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Darkening Ecliptic 1993; (p. 1-20)This article largely combines two previous articles by Harris - 'From the Introduction to the 1961 Edition of Ern Malley's Poems 'and 'Forty Four Years on...' - both of which were published in The Poems of Ern Malley (1988).
The criticism tracks the origin and progress of the Ern Malley Hoax beginning with the letters sent to Harris by Malley's sister, 'Ethel Malley', through the media discovery of the deception, the trial on indecency charges and the response to the hoax from the United Kingdom and the USA.
Harris provides a summary of the trial in which he was charged with having published fourteen 'indecent advertisements'. (Seven of the fourteen were from The Darkening Ecliptic; the others included the Peter Cowan short story, 'The Fence'.)
In the final section of the criticism, Harris reflects on the uniqueness of literary and cultural developments in Australia in the years since the first publication of Ern Malley's poems in Angry Penguins no.[6] in 1944 and in particular emphasises the role of Modernism.
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Appendix : Ern Malley's Poems, 1961
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Darkening Ecliptic 1961; (p. 42-56)A summary of the trial in which the editor of Angry Penguins was charged with having published fourteen 'indecent advertisements'. (Seven of the fourteen were from The Darkening Ecliptic; the others included the Peter Cowan short story, 'The Fence'.) The summary includes a transcript of a substantial part of the judgement handed down by the magistrate Mr L. E. Clarke.
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The Ern Malley Story
1959
single work
criticism
— Appears in: For the Uncanny Man : Essays, Mainly Literary 1963; (p. 160-183) Jacket , June no. 17 2002;
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Feathers Fly
1944
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , June no. 17 2002;
— Review of Angry Penguins no. [6] Autumn 1944 periodical issue ; Meanjin Papers vol. 3 no. 1 Autumn 1944 periodical issue -
The Ern Malley Affair
2002
extract
criticism
— Appears in: Jacket , June no. 17 2002; -
'Indecent Advertisements'
2002
single work
non-fiction
— Appears in: Jacket , June no. 17 2002; -
Appendix : Ern Malley's Poems, 1961
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Darkening Ecliptic 1961; (p. 42-56)A summary of the trial in which the editor of Angry Penguins was charged with having published fourteen 'indecent advertisements'. (Seven of the fourteen were from The Darkening Ecliptic; the others included the Peter Cowan short story, 'The Fence'.) The summary includes a transcript of a substantial part of the judgement handed down by the magistrate Mr L. E. Clarke.
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The Hoax
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Darkening Ecliptic 1993; (p. 1-20)This article largely combines two previous articles by Harris - 'From the Introduction to the 1961 Edition of Ern Malley's Poems 'and 'Forty Four Years on...' - both of which were published in The Poems of Ern Malley (1988).
The criticism tracks the origin and progress of the Ern Malley Hoax beginning with the letters sent to Harris by Malley's sister, 'Ethel Malley', through the media discovery of the deception, the trial on indecency charges and the response to the hoax from the United Kingdom and the USA.
Harris provides a summary of the trial in which he was charged with having published fourteen 'indecent advertisements'. (Seven of the fourteen were from The Darkening Ecliptic; the others included the Peter Cowan short story, 'The Fence'.)
In the final section of the criticism, Harris reflects on the uniqueness of literary and cultural developments in Australia in the years since the first publication of Ern Malley's poems in Angry Penguins no.[6] in 1944 and in particular emphasises the role of Modernism.
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A Summing-Up : Brian Elliott Gives Ern Malley Decent Burial:-
1944
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1944; (p. 116-120) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 20-23)
