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- The Lilt of Lifei"Be blithe, my soul, the world is free!", single work poetry (p. 1-10)
- Man and Womani"Far through a thicket of impervious gloom,", single work poetry (p. 12-76)
- Sonnets of Motherhood Ii"Once, through the woods I heard a voice ring clear,", single work poetry (p. 77)
- Sonnets of Motherhood IIi"If you should think I sing too oft and strong", single work poetry (p. 78)
- Sonnets of Motherhood IIIi"Last year I was a shepherdess who lay", single work poetry (p. 79)
- Sonnets of Motherhood IVi"Love, Love, the sun-hour darkens, and the night", single work poetry (p. 80)
- Sonnets of Motherhood Vi"Ah no, the sun is in another land", single work poetry (p. 81)
- Sonnets of Motherhood VIi"I’d have you love my body as my soul,", single work poetry (p. 82)
- Sonnets of Motherhood VIIi"The river said: "I'll sing a song for you", single work poetry (p. 83)
- Sonnets of Motherhood VIIIi"Make me the melody of meeting palms,", single work poetry (p. 84)
- Sonnets of Motherhood IXi"Dearest, my spirit wakens into light", single work poetry (p. 85)
- Sonnets of Motherhood Xi"I walked among the flowers that bend their heads", single work poetry (p. 86)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XIi"When all the world toils out its busy day", single work poetry (p. 87)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XIIi"O Love, I wandered by the sea this morn", single work poetry (p. 88)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XIIIi"Accept my body, Dearest, as a gift,", single work poetry (p. 89)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XIVi"What longing passion of all life I feel", single work poetry (p. 90)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XVi"The Builder took his stones and reared them high", single work poetry (p. 91)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XVIi"Archarchitect, who work in living clay,", single work poetry (p. 92)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XVIIi"Listen! I hear a tapping at my soul", single work poetry (p. 93)
- Sonnets of Motherhood XVIIIi"The spider wove his kingdom in the sun", single work poetry (p. 94)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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From Reproducers to ‘Flutters’ to ‘Sluts’: Tracing Attitudes to Women’s Pleasure in Australia
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2017;'In our contemporary world, the idea that sex is pleasurable is rarely questioned: pleasure is a key way of understanding what sex is and what it means. Yet this was not always so. Historically, pleasure was not the only, or even the main, expectation from sex for women, and there were significant changes across the 20th century.' (Introduction)
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Rethinking Female Pleasure: Purity and Desire in Early Twentieth-century Australia
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Women's History Review , vol. 21 no. 5 2012; (p. 715-731)'This article explores the multiple and complex ways white heterosexual women constructed female sexual pleasure and desire in early twentieth-century Australia. It considers the idealisation of female sexuality, and the ways this was both subverted and re-iterated by women themselves, through a study of female writers. It suggests that the challenge to female sexual normativity—as marital and reproductive—was slow and staggered, with many women unable to firmly challenge the sexual ideal. But a close reading of the work of a number of female authors, especially the poet Zora Cross, allows glimpses of how some women did explore, construct and rethink sexual pleasure within their writings, negotiating between the sometimes contradictory impulses of purity and desire.' (Introduction)
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Zora Cross : Love and the Modern Girl
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007; (p. 175-214) -
Poetry
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 8 February 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry ; The Passionate Heart 1918 selected work poetry -
Zora Cross
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 March vol. 9 no. 3 1919; (p. 13)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry
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Poetry
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 8 February 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry ; The Passionate Heart 1918 selected work poetry -
Two Poetesses
1918
single work
review
— Appears in: Daily Telegraph , 21 December 1918; (p. 8)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry -
Australian Verse
1918
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 December 1918; (p. 6)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry -
Zora Cross
1918
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 December vol. 39 no. 2027 1918; (p. 2)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry -
The Lilt of Life
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 22 January vol. 99 no. 2560 1919; (p. 38)
— Review of The Lilt of Life 1918 selected work poetry -
Zora Cross : Love and the Modern Girl
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007; (p. 175-214) -
From Reproducers to ‘Flutters’ to ‘Sluts’: Tracing Attitudes to Women’s Pleasure in Australia
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2017;'In our contemporary world, the idea that sex is pleasurable is rarely questioned: pleasure is a key way of understanding what sex is and what it means. Yet this was not always so. Historically, pleasure was not the only, or even the main, expectation from sex for women, and there were significant changes across the 20th century.' (Introduction)
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Rethinking Female Pleasure: Purity and Desire in Early Twentieth-century Australia
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Women's History Review , vol. 21 no. 5 2012; (p. 715-731)'This article explores the multiple and complex ways white heterosexual women constructed female sexual pleasure and desire in early twentieth-century Australia. It considers the idealisation of female sexuality, and the ways this was both subverted and re-iterated by women themselves, through a study of female writers. It suggests that the challenge to female sexual normativity—as marital and reproductive—was slow and staggered, with many women unable to firmly challenge the sexual ideal. But a close reading of the work of a number of female authors, especially the poet Zora Cross, allows glimpses of how some women did explore, construct and rethink sexual pleasure within their writings, negotiating between the sometimes contradictory impulses of purity and desire.' (Introduction)
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Zora Cross's New Verse
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 11 January no. 5039 1919; (p. 12)