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Contents indexed selectively.
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Introductory Statements by Henry Treece, England, March 1944....That subtly and classicism are here in Roskolenko's work, with yet another element, which I can only call enthusiasm, a most delicate combination of elements, and one which is seen to similar advantage in no other American poets save perhaps Hart Crane and Conrad Aiken. However, I would not call Roskolenko a 'popular poet' - if indeed such exist; his incisive honesty is too searching for that epithet. But I would call him a singular writer of considerable subtlety and technical achievement... (iv).
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Arranged under the following headings: 'The Self's Anatomy', 'Satyr and Fantasy', 'Twice Told Tales', 'Deflections' and 'Biography'.
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Some of the poems first appeared in A Comment, Meanjin Papers and Angry Penguins. The others had been published in American journals.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Reed and Harris
, 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Hotel Down Underi"Impinge of faces, how these girls chortle,", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Dedicationi"How strange am I, stranger to this land!", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
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