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Cyclops Song : 1 : Esprit de L'Escalier single work   poetry   "Good manners, sir, are an infernal machine,"
  • Author:agent Martin Johnston http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/johnston-martin
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Cyclops Song : 1 : Esprit de L'Escalier
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Typewriter Considered as a Bee-Trap Martin Johnston , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1984 Z384877 1984 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1984 pg. 8
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Martin Johnston : Selected Poems and Prose Martin Johnston , John Tranter (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z230011 1993 selected work poetry prose extract biography criticism interview St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 pg. 51
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 67
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 109
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