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y separately published work icon ‘Whaddaya Know?’ : Writings for Syd Harrex anthology   essay   autobiography   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 ‘Whaddaya Know?’ : Writings for Syd Harrex
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Mile End, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Whaddaya Know, Ronald Blaber , single work essay (p. 1-6)
Syd Harrex, Rick Hosking , single work biography (p. 7-12)
The Postcolonial Conditioni"I posted a postcolonial poster", Md Rezaul Haque , single work poetry (p. 13)
Walter Scott, the Bushranger and the Bandit : Tales from Tasmania and Calabria, Graham Tulloch , single work essay (p. 14-26)
For Sydi"A Reader-cum-Writer, Syd Harrex", Trevor Fennell , single work poetry (p. 27)
Saying It with Flowers, Sue Hosking , single work essay (p. 28-40)
Dhvanyalokai"On a gentle rise at the edge of town,", single work poetry (p. 41)
Delhii"Jantar Mantar's a sonnet in stone: a", Paul Sharrad , single work poetry (p. 41)
A Sort of Sequence for Syd, Paul Sharrad , sequence poetry (p. 41-42)
Doxosi"Your fiery insistence on retaining", Paul Sharrad , single work poetry (p. 42)
Salutei"Before the fire of Kurukshetra, there's", single work poetry (p. 42)
Kenneth Slessor's 'Other Front', Julian Croft , single work essay
'Kenneth Slessor's first published poem at the age of 16 was in the Bulletin (Goin'', 19 July 1917) and was a tribute to a dying Australian soldier after the Anzac landings. For the sixteen year-old, no doubt reflecting C.E.W. Bean's influence, the individual death and the wider military defeat are redeemed by the prospect of joining his mates in death and glory on another front, and as he leaves this world the soldier imagines the [sic] he hears the surf at Manly and the sights of Sydney Harbour. Slessor finished school as the Armistice was signed, but not before publishing two more poems on the war -'France' 1918' and 'Jerusalem Set Free' - both celebrating the Anzac tradition and seeing purpose and sense in those years of awful conflict.' (43)
 (p. 43-52)
The Burial, Satendra Nandan , single work short story (p. 53-67)
Performances in Review : Reviews in Performance, Murray Bramwell , single work review
— Review of Back to My Roots and Other Suckers Barry Humphries , 2003 single work drama ; (p. 69-85)
The Darville/Demidenko Affair: Jew and Anti-Jew in Australian Fiction, Ron Shapiro , single work criticism (p. 88-105)
Past Writings, Dorothy Jones , single work essay (p. 106-130)
Gwen Harwood : Notes on the Dream, Vincent Buckley , single work criticism (p. 140-147)
The Hearti"I feel and watch. The way sound from the cars or the planes", Anne Brewster , single work poetry (p. 148)
Static or Grunge Revisited, Ronald Blaber , single work essay (p. 149-167)
Odysseus, My Fatheri"After twenty years of fruit picking, factory work, he steps out of", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 168)
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