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'In these twenty-two interviews with verse novelists from the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, Linda Weste explores the uniqueness of storytelling through poetry and the genre of the verse novel. Her subjects are notable representatives of countries where the genre thrives; among them is Bernardine Evaristo, joint winner of the Booker Prize in 2019; and what they have to say enriches our understanding of the many ways poetry and narratives can meld to create a unique reading experience.' (Publication summary)
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The Contested Archipelago : Verse Novels as Liminal and Liberating
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
— Review of Inside the Verse Novel : Writers on Writing 2020 selected work interview -
Awkward Child : The Irrepressible Verse Novel
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 54)
— Review of Inside the Verse Novel : Writers on Writing 2020 selected work interview'In his description of the verse novel as ‘the awkward child of successful parents, destined to disappoint both of them’, Michael Symmons Roberts emphasises the form’s sometimes disjunctive use of literary techniques commonly associated with poetry and prose fiction. While the verse novel has gained popularity since the 1980s, many of its features may be traced to epic poems such The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s The Iliad, and the long narrative poems of the Romantic and Victorian periods. The form was established by Alexander Pushkin’s nineteenth-century verse novel Eugene Onegin, which was divided into stanzas; however, the definition and key features of the verse novel are still hotly debated.' (Introduction)
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Awkward Child : The Irrepressible Verse Novel
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 424 2020; (p. 54)
— Review of Inside the Verse Novel : Writers on Writing 2020 selected work interview'In his description of the verse novel as ‘the awkward child of successful parents, destined to disappoint both of them’, Michael Symmons Roberts emphasises the form’s sometimes disjunctive use of literary techniques commonly associated with poetry and prose fiction. While the verse novel has gained popularity since the 1980s, many of its features may be traced to epic poems such The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s The Iliad, and the long narrative poems of the Romantic and Victorian periods. The form was established by Alexander Pushkin’s nineteenth-century verse novel Eugene Onegin, which was divided into stanzas; however, the definition and key features of the verse novel are still hotly debated.' (Introduction)
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The Contested Archipelago : Verse Novels as Liminal and Liberating
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
— Review of Inside the Verse Novel : Writers on Writing 2020 selected work interview
