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Notes
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Dedication: To William Grono.
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Epigraph: '- and what have I to leave, but this encumbering tenderness, like gear forever unclaimed.' - Randolph Stow, Ishmael
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Dangaroo Press
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Tremendous World in Her Head : Introduction, single work criticism biography (p. ix-xvii)
- Country Idylli"A glittering girl went out one day", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Once I Rode with Clancy...i"Once I rode with Clancy through the wet hills of Wickepin,", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Last Summeri"In the little house with the sparrows,", single work poetry (p. 5)
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Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeodi"Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod",
single work
poetry
On May Day 1946, in the Pilbarra district, Western Australia, Aboriginal station hands struck for 30 bob a week and the right to organise. Their leaders, the white man Don Mcleod and two Aborigines, Clancy McKenna and Dooley, were arrested and convicted. Pressure through the Labour movement and the United Nations secured their release.
- Legend of the Green Countryi"September is the spring month bringing tides, swilling green in the harbour mouth,", single work poetry (p. 8-15)
- Testamenti"These have I lost, being too much beloved,", single work poetry (p. 16-18)
- Memoirs of a Protestant Girlhood : 2i"Under a belljar in the sitting room", single work extract poetry (p. 20)
- Death of My Mad Motheri"To die quietly,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- This Version of Lovei"I have seen her, wonderful!", single work poetry (p. 22)
- In Moncur Streeti"It's twenty years ago and more", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Witnessesi"This is the wide country", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Living Dangerouslyi"O to live dangerously again,", single work poetry (p. 26)
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Underneath the Archesi"I wear black now,",
single work
poetry
(p. 27)
Note: Poem has an alternative title in the contents pages: Underneath the Anchor.
- Conversationsi"After all what's there to talk about,", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Grave Fairytalei"I sat in my tower, the seasons whirled,", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- The Travellersi"Driving all day they came", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- Madame Bovaryi"In the village ghetto hand to mouth", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Psyche's Husbandi"In the darkness of the myth-palace I sit waiting", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Lay Lady Layi"Six fucks & a getaway", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Imaging Dorothy Hewett
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 127-140) -
Review of A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 35 no. 4 1990; (p. 105-106) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 169-173)
— Review of Driving Too Fast 1989 selected work poetry ; A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Foreword [15-16 September, 1990]
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 September 1990; (p. 5) -
Book Notes [25 August 1990]
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 August 1990; (p. 73)
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Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 169-173)
— Review of Driving Too Fast 1989 selected work poetry ; A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Review of A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 35 no. 4 1990; (p. 105-106) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 23)
— Review of A Tremendous World in Her Head : Selected Poems 1989 selected work poetry -
Foreword [15-16 September, 1990]
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 September 1990; (p. 5) -
Book Notes [25 August 1990]
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 August 1990; (p. 73) -
Imaging Dorothy Hewett
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995; (p. 127-140)
Awards
- 1989 winner Grace Leven Poetry Prize
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