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Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Full Orchestra
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    y separately published work icon Five Bells : XX Poems Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1939 Z531428 1939 selected work poetry Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1939 pg. 40
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    y separately published work icon One Hundred Poems : 1919-1939 Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1944 Z531634 1944 selected work poetry

    The definitive collection of work from one of Australia’s preeminent twentieth century poets, Kenneth Slessor, drawing from his acclaimed books, Earth Visitors (1926), Cuckooz Contrey (1932) and Five Bells (1939). This selection was first published as One Hundred Poems in 1944 (with the addition of three further poems in 1957), and includes an introduction by Dennis Haskell and an Author’s Note. From his historical series, ‘Five Visions of Captain Cook’, to his memorial to the loss of a friend, the iconic ‘Five Bells’, and from the tragic landscape of El Alamein, influenced by his stint as a war correspondent and made famous in ‘Beach Burial’, to the meditation ‘Out of Time’, Slessor’s poetry continues to dazzle contemporary audiences. A master of modern verse, Slessor explores the themes of art, death and time, displaying an impressive range: from sorrow to satire, melodrama to poignant intensity. His work still influences and inspires younger generations, and the prestigious Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize is named in his honour.

    Source: Harper Collins

    (http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460703120/#sm.0001ateq1q7i8db3zj927an1pz5xe)

         Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1944     pg. 118
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    y separately published work icon Poems Kenneth Slessor , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z531943 1957 selected work poetry (taught in 5 units) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1975 pg. 120
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century Robert Gray (editor), Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 Z27032 1991 anthology poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann , 1991 pg. 63
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    y separately published work icon Kenneth Slessor : Collected Poems Kenneth Slessor , Dennis Haskell (editor), Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z396988 1994 collected work poetry drama Comprehensive collection of Slessor's work from earlier selections as well as previously uncollected work, with preface, chronology and extensive textual and explanatory notes. Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 pg. 137
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    y separately published work icon Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era Les Murray (editor), Manchester : Carcanet , 1994 Z276076 1994 anthology poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 1994 pg. 53
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Works about this Work

Kenneth Slessor and the Orchestration of Dog-Speech Dennis Haskell , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenneth Slessor : Critical Readings 1997; (p. 212-232)
Kenneth Slessor Robert D. FitzGerald , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 115-120) Of Places and Poetry 1976; (p. 97-105) Robert D. FitzGerald 1987; (p. 52-57)
Kenneth Slessor Robert D. FitzGerald , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 115-120) Of Places and Poetry 1976; (p. 97-105) Robert D. FitzGerald 1987; (p. 52-57)
Kenneth Slessor and the Orchestration of Dog-Speech Dennis Haskell , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kenneth Slessor : Critical Readings 1997; (p. 212-232)
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