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A collection of essays discussing many aspects of the writing of poetry.
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Edited versions of lectures given at the Wollongong Poetry Workshop over a period of four weeks.
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Contents indexed selectively.
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Introduction by Ron Pretty: The essays in this book are edited versions of lectures selected from those given at the Wollongong Poetry Workshops over a period of four years...
Contents
* Contents derived from the Five Islands Press
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Poetry : What Kind of Behaviour Is That?, single work criticism (p. 9-23)
- Howi"how these pieces of paper: lined unlined small large crinkled smooth", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- What a Difference a Dot Makes : Poetry and Punctuation, single work essay (p. 24-36)
- Pulpi"In love", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Slow as an Adjectivei"the day's drifting into afternoon and there's", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Flesh (for L.B.)i"there's always room to spread", single work poetry (p. 28)
- People Like Thati"people like that: who pause in the middle of the road", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Conviction: A Transcripti"i want to share with you a fabulous new range of saucepans: each", single work poetry (p. 30)
- The Dalai Lama at Darling Harbouri"to see the Buddha of Compassion in human form", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
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Praise and Blame : Multiple Divisions in the Body of Poetry,
single work
essay
(p. 37-48)This article explores description of and by women, raising the questions: What is it we do when we describe? How do we avoid cliche on the one hand, and appropriation on the other?
- By Their Poems Ye Shall Know Them : Poemi"All I know about poetry is that it has", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Sentiment and Sentimentality, single work essay (p. 75-89)
- Night Out with Cattlei"Driving back over the black paddocks", single work poetry (p. 80-81)
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Parody and Co,
single work
essay
(p. 90-105)'In speaking of parody, I venture into an area that has, since Bakhtin, been theoretically mapped by Doug Muecke, Wayne C. Booth, Margaret A. Rose, Linda Hutcheon, and countless others. While their exercises in taxonomy are of particular interest to literary theorists, they may seem too arcane to be worth applying with close attention to poets for whom parody and satire have porous boundaries.' (Introduction)
- For Australiai"Behold I am lean, O Lord, and all my ribs are numbered of the Devil.", single work poetry (p. 98-99)
- Black Fridayi"The presage of large triumph fills my soul!", single work poetry satire (p. 100-102)
- Reviewing, single work essay (p. 106-113)
- Petals in the Grand Canyon : Poetry Publishing in Australia, single work essay (p. 114-124)
- Why Poetry Matters, single work essay (p. 125-128)
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