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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.
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.
- The Later James McAuley : 'The Much One Has to Feel', single work criticism (p. xxiv-xxvii)
- At Bungendorei"Now the white-buskined lamb", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Father, Mother, Soni"From the domed head the defeated eyes peer out,", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Numbers and Makesi"The house we lived in faced the western line.", single work poetry (p. 4)
- One Tuesday in Summeri"That sultry afternoon the world went strange.", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Becausei"My father and my mother never quarrelled.", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Wistariai"Does that wistaria vine still break in flower", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Tabletalki"In tabletalk my father used to tell", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Soundingsi"At sixteen, was it, I used to take", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Self-Portrait, Newcastle, 1942...i"First day, by the open window,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- 20th June, 1942i"We scandalized the registrar", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Childhood Morning - Homebushi"The half-moon is a muted lamp", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Music, single work biography (p. 11-16)
- To the Holy Spiriti"Leaving your fragrant rest on the summit of morning calm,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- New Guineai"Bird-shaped island, with secretive bird-voices,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Jesusi"Touching Ezekiel his workman's hand", single work poetry (p. 37)
- The Blue Horsesi"What loud wave-motioned hooves awaken", single work poetry (p. 37-39)
- Henry the Navigatori"At Sagres, where the stark Iberian chin", single work poetry (p. 39-41)
- The Incarnation of Siriusi"In that age, the great anagram of God", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- The Tomb of Heraclesi"A dry tree with an empty honeycomb", single work poetry (p. 42)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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On an Australian Selection
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170) -
McAuley Collection Reflects his Importance...
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 69)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography -
[Review Essay] Poetry and Gender : Statements and Essays in Australian Women's Poetry and Poetics
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 14 no. 4 1990; (p. 518-522)
— Review of Poetry and Gender : Statements and Essays in Australian Women's Poetry and Poetics 1989 anthology prose criticism autobiography ; James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography ; A Question of Commitment : Australian Literature in the Twenty Years After the War 1989 multi chapter work criticism -
Holding the Lamp Steady
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring/Summer no. 3 1988; (p. 109-114)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography -
An Editor's Blind Spot
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 101 1988; (p. 29-30)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography
-
[Review Essay] Poetry and Gender : Statements and Essays in Australian Women's Poetry and Poetics
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 14 no. 4 1990; (p. 518-522)
— Review of Poetry and Gender : Statements and Essays in Australian Women's Poetry and Poetics 1989 anthology prose criticism autobiography ; James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography ; A Question of Commitment : Australian Literature in the Twenty Years After the War 1989 multi chapter work criticism -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 16 no. 1 1988; (p. 13-20)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography ; Procession 1987 anthology poetry ; Running with Fire : An Anthology 1987 anthology poetry short story ; Falcon Drinking : The English Poems 1988 selected work poetry -
An Editor's Blind Spot
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 101 1988; (p. 29-30)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography -
Holding the Lamp Steady
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring/Summer no. 3 1988; (p. 109-114)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography -
McAuley Collection Reflects his Importance...
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 69)
— Review of James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988 selected work poetry prose criticism biography bibliography -
On an Australian Selection
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 159-170)
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