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Modelled on structures of classical epics such as Homer's Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid and Milton's Paradise Lost, yet set in the contemporary world of globalisation, The Mundiad celebrates the detritus of everyday life - Kylie Minogue, pornography, new ageism, genetic engineering, IVF, screen culture, among many others.
Source: Black Inc. website, http://www.blackincbooks.com/blinc/# (Sighted 6/10/04)
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A novel in verse form.
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Dedication: Beware if what is made seems crafty, lest You cannot tell what's perfect from what's best - Yet when the dark disparities of things Are bound together in a knot of rings, You'll find what comes is always what has gone' And that Truth is nothing but a Con. Remember, too, that Wisdom isn't truth, And that its smile conceals a diamond tooth - So, as philosophers direct, don't prize Just what's on offer to your giddy eyes, Or what's concealed will find you in the end - The lips will part, the hidden tooth will rend.
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Dedication: For Susan Cohn and Sophy Williams
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Oscar Schwartz, of Justin Clemens, The Mundiad
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 1 2015;
— Review of The Mundiad 2004 single work novel -
2013 in Poetry
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Hotel Hyperion 2013 selected work poetry ; When They Came for You : Elegies of Resistance 2013 selected work poetry ; Unlocked : Nowra 2013 anthology poetry ; Free Logic 2013 selected work poetry ; Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013 anthology poetry ; Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry 2013 anthology poetry ; The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad 2004 single work novel ; Audio Overland no. 2 15 February 2013 periodical issue -
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry
2005
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005. -
Sweet and Sour
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad 2004 single work novel ; Plenty : Art into Poetry 2003 selected work poetry
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Sweet and Sour
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad 2004 single work novel ; Plenty : Art into Poetry 2003 selected work poetry -
2013 in Poetry
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Hotel Hyperion 2013 selected work poetry ; When They Came for You : Elegies of Resistance 2013 selected work poetry ; Unlocked : Nowra 2013 anthology poetry ; Free Logic 2013 selected work poetry ; Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013 anthology poetry ; Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry 2013 anthology poetry ; The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad 2004 single work novel ; Audio Overland no. 2 15 February 2013 periodical issue -
Oscar Schwartz, of Justin Clemens, The Mundiad
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 75 no. 1 2015;
— Review of The Mundiad 2004 single work novel -
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry
2005
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005.
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