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Papers presented at a conference organised by the British Australian Studies Association and the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies to coincide with the presentation of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry to Les Murray at Buckingham Palace in 1999.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
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Europe,:Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Les Murray and Australian Poetry : Introduction, single work criticism (p. 1-8)
- How it Strikes an Outsider, single work criticism (p. 9-21)
- Murray and a Music of Indirection, single work criticism (p. 23-40)
- 'Only the Centre Holds' : The Meditative Landscapes of Les Murray, single work criticism (p. 41-64)
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How Fred and I Wrote Fredy Neptune,
single work
autobiography
(p. 65-78)
Note: Editor's note: A version of the essay ... appears in ... The Best Australian Essays, 1999.
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Fredy Neptune : The Art of 'Cracking Normal'
The Art of "Cracking Normal",
single work
criticism
Discusses the prosody and colloquial narrative tone of Fredy Neptune in the context of the Boeotian tradition which "locates the art of poetry in the 'vernacular republic'; the realm of common speech and ordinary life which cannot be represented through heroic ... narrative" (ALS 20.2, p.120).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 17 no. 1 2002; (p. 211)
— Review of Les Murray and Australian Poetry 2002 anthology criticism -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , December no. 11 2002;
— Review of Les Murray and Australian Poetry 2002 anthology criticism
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , December no. 11 2002;
— Review of Les Murray and Australian Poetry 2002 anthology criticism -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , vol. 17 no. 1 2002; (p. 211)
— Review of Les Murray and Australian Poetry 2002 anthology criticism
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