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This poem was first published in the Empire on 2 November, 1861 titled 'The Cattle Hunters'. Three days later it appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald titled 'The Song of the Cattle Hunters'. This is the title which appears in Poems and Songs, and in later publications. Kendall subsequently made a number of textual changes to the 1861 Empire and Sydney Morning Herald version of the poem. These also appear in Poems and Songs, and in later publications.
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The Radiant Dream : Notes on Henry Kendall
1969
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 4 no. 2 1969; (p. 99-114) Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 37-53) Mitchell looks to Kendall's poetry for a "system of images that amount to a loose poetic philosophy, an attitude of mind that is formulated emotionally rather than logically, but in any case consistently". Mitchell detects an observer who occupies a middle (dream-like) state beside a stream between differents poles such as real/ideal and city/forest. Although the observer seeks but can't find the source of this stream, he gains the ability to believe in poetic vision--the radiant dream. Mitchell argues that all of Kendall's poetry shows a progression towards the acceptance of this ability. -
New Poetry
Australian Poetry
1866
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— Appears in: The Athenaeum , 17 February 1866; (p. 236-237) The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 1866; (p. 3)
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New Poetry
Australian Poetry
1866
single work
column
— Appears in: The Athenaeum , 17 February 1866; (p. 236-237) The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 1866; (p. 3) -
The Radiant Dream : Notes on Henry Kendall
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 4 no. 2 1969; (p. 99-114) Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 37-53) Mitchell looks to Kendall's poetry for a "system of images that amount to a loose poetic philosophy, an attitude of mind that is formulated emotionally rather than logically, but in any case consistently". Mitchell detects an observer who occupies a middle (dream-like) state beside a stream between differents poles such as real/ideal and city/forest. Although the observer seeks but can't find the source of this stream, he gains the ability to believe in poetic vision--the radiant dream. Mitchell argues that all of Kendall's poetry shows a progression towards the acceptance of this ability.
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