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Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Lindsay Gordon's Poems Were 'Banjo Music' : Literary Critic's Lively Protest
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Sir John Squire protests against a bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon that has been placed in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. He argues that Gordon's poetry is of poor quality.

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  • Originally published in the June 1934 issue of The London Mercury.

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    y separately published work icon The Courier-Mail no. 280 21 July 1934 Z1519018 1934 newspaper issue 1934 pg. 21
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