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The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry
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2011
The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry
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'The Sons of Clovis ... begins with the Ern Malley affair, establishing previously unrecognised connections between the Australian scene and French symboliste poetry, before embarking on a fascinating journey through literature, culture, and poetics.' (Publisher's website)
Notes
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Includes reference to the influence of Adore Floupette on James McAuley and Harold Stewart.
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Dedication: To John Scott and in memory of Graeme Halligan.
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Epigraphs:
'Every poem invokes the world.' - Etienne Arsenal
'If you're going to open a can of worms, you'd better look at the worms.' - Mort Brandish
'Simplicity in our time is arrived at by an ambages.' - Ern Malley
'In the literature of this hemisphere (as in the lesser world of Meinong), ideal objects aboutnd, invoked and dissolved momentarily, according to poetic neccesity.' - Jorge Luis Borges
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Untitled
2012
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— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 106-108)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Untitled
2012
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— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 72 no. 1 2012; (p. 214-221)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Mcauley's 'Lame Lyre Nets'
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 2 no. 1 2012; (p. 90-96) -
Martin Edmond Reviews The Sons of Clovis by David Brooks
2012
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— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 11 2012;
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Ali Alizadeh Reviews David Brooks
2012
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— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February vol. 37 no. 0 2012;
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism
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No Hoax in Ern Malley Redux
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 September 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Ern, It Turns out, Has a French Cousin
2011
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 October 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Sophistication of a Literary Swindle
2011
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22 October 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Ode to Egregious Ern
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 32-33)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Nonfiction
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 October 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Sons of Clovis : Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry 2011 single work criticism -
Scholar Says Ern Malley Hoax Poems Go Beyond Bohemian Bullying
2011
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 September 2011; (p. 7) Damien Murphy outlines the arguments made by David Brooks in The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry. Brooks contends that, in writing the Ern Malley poems with Harold Stewart, James McAuley was aware of the fictitious French poet Adore Floupette and drew inspiration from this source. -
New Dirt on l'affaire Ern Malley Exposes Nonchalence as a Pose
2011
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— Appears in: The Age , 24 September 2011; (p. 4) -
Mcauley's 'Lame Lyre Nets'
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 2 no. 1 2012; (p. 90-96)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
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