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Happy single work   poetry   "Happiness is a persecuted word,"
Is part of A Body of Words 1976 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Geoffrey Dutton http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/dutton-geoffrey
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Happy
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Quadrant vol. 20 no. 6 June 1976 Z591183 1976 periodical issue 1976 pg. 38
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Body of Words Geoffrey Dutton , Sydney : Edwards and Shaw , 1977 Z398499 1977 selected work poetry humour Sydney : Edwards and Shaw , 1977 pg. 26
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems Jennifer Strauss (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z203381 1993 anthology poetry war literature satire humour romance Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 pg. 130-131
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 172
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