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Shaw Neilson's Poetry single work criticism

Author:agent James McAuley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mcauley-james

Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 Shaw Neilson's Poetry

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McAuley's critique of John Shaw Neilson's poetry identifies a "weakness in diction arising from a certain clumsiness and lack of self-clarification in the poet". Nevertheless, a close analysis of Shaw Neilson's versification reveals, in some poems, an admirable "metrical sense". McAuley also notes similarities with the poetry of William Blake and John Clare, and argues that the quality of Neilson's poems of pathos have been obscured by critics' concentration on the "visionary" poems.

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y Australian Literary Studies ALS vol. 2 no. 4 December 1966 Z893583 1966 periodical issue 1966
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1966
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pg. 235-253
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y Readings in Commonwealth Literature William Walsh , Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1973 Z22632 1973 anthology criticism Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1973
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1973
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pg. 356-376
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y The Grammar of the Real : Selected Prose, 1959-1974 James McAuley , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1975 Z136103 1975 selected work criticism prose Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1975
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1975
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pg. 1-17
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y James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary James McAuley , Leonie Kramer (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1988 Z372595 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography (taught in 1 units) Abstract
This first comprehensive selection of McAuley's prose and verse is arranged by the editor, McAuley's friend and colleague Leonie Kramer, into eight sections, 'each representing aspects of James McAuley's interests and experience ... Within each section the poetry is chronologically arranged; the prose is introduced in such a way as to suggest the relationship between McAuley's poetic preoccupations and his critical and intellectual position.' (Note pp.xxix-xxx). Each section is accompanied by a brief editorial note and extensive end-notes, including McAuley's own notes.

St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1988
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1988
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pg. 80-96