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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nativityi"The thin distraction of a spider's web", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 42)
St John's Park, New Towni"Often I walk alone", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Credoi"That each thing is a word", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 43)
St. John's Parki"The mountain is streaked white, the air is cold.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 60)
Wet Dayi"Rain sweeps in as the gale begins to blow,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 60)
Book of Hoursi"The world spread open through the window-frame", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 61)
At Rushy Lagooni"Wet mirrors covering soft peat.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 61)
Terra Australisi"Voyage within you, on the fabled ocean,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 65)
"There the blue-green gums are a fringe of remote disorder" Envoi for a Book of Poemsi"There the blue-green gums have a wild precision, a strict disorder,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 65)
Solemnityi"This land I have loved indeed,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 66)
The Convict and the Lady : An Incident in St George's Church, Battery Pointi"Voluntaries of Clarke and Boyce", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 78-79)
Shaw Neilson's Poetry, James McAuley , single work criticism

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.

(p. 80-96)
Bush Scenei"Harsh, dry, abrasive, spiky, rough,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 97)
The Rhetoric of Australian Poetry, James McAuley , single work criticism biography (p. 98-116)
Sleepi"The rose that leans its chin", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 119)
Celebration of Lovei"All things announce her coming and her praise:", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 119-122)
Mating Swansi"A pair of black swans on the lake", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 122)
Tune for Swansi"Black swan leaving", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 123)
Secret Songi"None but your ear could trace", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 123)
Late Winteri"The pallid cuckoo", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 123)
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