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Notes
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Novel in verse form.
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Dedication: For Rob, Joel, Trent and Hannah.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains a Japanese character.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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‘Country’ in Australian Contemporary Verse Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'Research is yet to describe the stylistic preferences that shape contemporary Australian verse novels which provide political and social critique. This article examines Lisa Jacobson’s The Sunlit Zone (2011), Judy Johnson’s Jack (2006), and Geoff Page’s Freehold (2005), texts which share a stylistic preference for representations of speech and thought that are closer to ‘naturally’ occurring oral communication, and which maximise use of vernacular, regional idiom, and colloquial diction. A close reading of these texts identifies the expressivity markers by which they depict attitudes, beliefs, and values pertaining to ‘country’, with particular focus on analysing the interplay of poetic and narrative elements that is instrumental to foreground the ‘natural’, and to correlate their narratives with mimetic, real-world representation.' (Publication abstract) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Talking With Judy Johnson on her Approach to Poetry
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 15 no. 3 2008; (p. 24-26) -
Rhyme of the Mad Mariner
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 May 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 April 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel
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From One-Eyed Jack to a Grand Cadenza
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 February 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel -
Off the Shelf
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel -
Looking Out at the Lights : New Poetry
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 189 2007; (p. 77-79)
— Review of The Passenger 2006 selected work poetry ; Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006 anthology poetry ; The War Sonnets 2006 selected work poetry ; Love in the Place of Rats 2007 selected work poetry ; Jack 2006 single work novel ; Portrait of a Friendship : The Letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright 1950-2000 2007 selected work correspondence ; Not Finding Wittgenstein 2007 selected work poetry -
Poetry : A Survey of Verse Novels
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 57-60)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; The Barrier Range: A Journey to Broken Hill: Burke and Wills 2006 single work novel -
Memory's Beautiful Mariner
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 300 2008; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Jack 2006 single work novel ; Navigation 2007 selected work poetry -
Talking With Judy Johnson on her Approach to Poetry
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 15 no. 3 2008; (p. 24-26) -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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‘Country’ in Australian Contemporary Verse Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014; 'Research is yet to describe the stylistic preferences that shape contemporary Australian verse novels which provide political and social critique. This article examines Lisa Jacobson’s The Sunlit Zone (2011), Judy Johnson’s Jack (2006), and Geoff Page’s Freehold (2005), texts which share a stylistic preference for representations of speech and thought that are closer to ‘naturally’ occurring oral communication, and which maximise use of vernacular, regional idiom, and colloquial diction. A close reading of these texts identifies the expressivity markers by which they depict attitudes, beliefs, and values pertaining to ‘country’, with particular focus on analysing the interplay of poetic and narrative elements that is instrumental to foreground the ‘natural’, and to correlate their narratives with mimetic, real-world representation.' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- 1938
