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Alternative title: One Hundred Elegies for Modernity
Is part of Contemporary Australian Poets series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 100 Elegies for Modernity
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Felicia, 'another person'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ii"If real news came one day,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 5)
IIi"`We are both different,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
IIIi"We are constant in thinking", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 7)
IVi"`There is one lifeway", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 8)
Vi"Since 1648 (one argument goes)", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 9)
VIi"Apologists say modernity", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 10)
VIIi"There's no need to think", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 11)
VIIIi"Our forebears worked harder", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 11)
IXi"If you think of spaces", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 12)
Xi"What have we lent of ours,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 13)
XIi"A regular worker earns", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 14)
XIIi"Women in pre-modern times were", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 15)
XIIIi"Those who think the word", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 16)
XIVi"You could say that", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
XVi"A phone-call in New York,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 18)
XVIi"Modernity rarely gets its hands", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 19)
XVIIi"Big men everywhere need", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 19)
XVIIIi"To sustain growth it's necessary", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 20)
XIXi"It's hardly surprising that", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 20)
XXi"It seems strange that to keep", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 21)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
portrait: John Leonard

Works about this Work

Poems for the End of History & Others Julian Croft , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , December no. 14 1998; (p. 136-139)

— Review of The Heart at 3 a.m. Peter Bakowski , 1998 selected work poetry ; 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Satin Bowerbird Jean Kent , 1998 selected work poetry ; Listening to a Far Sea Diane Fahey , 1998 selected work poetry ; Flank Ian McBryde , 1998 selected work poetry
Untitled Nathan Hollier , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , Autumn no. 2 1998; (p. 85-88)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; Mermaid : Poems and Illustrations Alan Gould , 1996 selected work poetry ; In the Constellation of the Crab Doris Brett , 1996 selected work poetry ; Mrs Schnell Arrives in Heaven and Other Light Verse Geoff Page , 1995 selected work poetry
The Last Word is Fervour Thomas Shapcott , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 149 1997; (p. 95-96)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry
Poet as Preacher? Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 52)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry
Poetic Possibilities D. J. Huppatz , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 57 no. 4 1997-1998; (p. 209-214)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragonfly Tie John Millett , 1997 selected work poetry ; The East Window Phyllis Jager , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Wild Reply Emma Lew , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Book of Possibilities Jill Jones , 1997 selected work poetry
Untitled Nathan Hollier , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , Autumn no. 2 1998; (p. 85-88)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; Mermaid : Poems and Illustrations Alan Gould , 1996 selected work poetry ; In the Constellation of the Crab Doris Brett , 1996 selected work poetry ; Mrs Schnell Arrives in Heaven and Other Light Verse Geoff Page , 1995 selected work poetry
Poems for the End of History & Others Julian Croft , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , December no. 14 1998; (p. 136-139)

— Review of The Heart at 3 a.m. Peter Bakowski , 1998 selected work poetry ; 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Satin Bowerbird Jean Kent , 1998 selected work poetry ; Listening to a Far Sea Diane Fahey , 1998 selected work poetry ; Flank Ian McBryde , 1998 selected work poetry
Poems from the Edge Lyn Hatherly , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 24 no. 2 1997; (p. 127-131)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Book of Possibilities Jill Jones , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Blue Cloud of Crying Peter Boyle , 1997 selected work poetry
Poetic Possibilities D. J. Huppatz , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 57 no. 4 1997-1998; (p. 209-214)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry ; Dragonfly Tie John Millett , 1997 selected work poetry ; The East Window Phyllis Jager , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Wild Reply Emma Lew , 1997 selected work poetry ; The Book of Possibilities Jill Jones , 1997 selected work poetry
Poet as Preacher? Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 52)

— Review of 100 Elegies for Modernity John Leonard , 1997 selected work poetry
John Leonard Writes John Leonard , 1996 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 145 1996; (p. 62-63)
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