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The Pelvic Rose single work   poetry   "the pelvic rose unfolding the flesh"
Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 The Pelvic Rose
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Notes

  • A poem in four numbered parts.
  • Dedication: : To Salvador Dali
  • Epigraph: In forma dunque di candida rosa mi si mostrava la milizia santa, che nel suo sangue Criste fece sposa. (Dante, Paradiso)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Angry Penguins no. [1] 1940 Z611780 1940 periodical issue 1940 pg. 23-27
    Note: At foot of poem: Nov. 3, 1940
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Dramas from the Sky Max Harris , Adelaide : Adelaide University Arts Association , 1942 Z465211 1942 selected work poetry Adelaide : Adelaide University Arts Association , 1942 pg. 39-42
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Angry Penguin : Selected Poems of Max Harris Max Harris , Alan Brissenden (editor), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1996 Z290730 1996 selected work poetry

    'The Angry Penguin presents a rich selection of poems written throughout Max Harris's life, from the early poems of his youth to the more contemplative poems of his later years.

    'With an introduction by Alan Brissenden and a tribute by the late Alister Kershaw, The Angry Penguin is the first compilation of Max Harris's poems to be widely distributed since 1942. Providing an overview of his life's creative work, this volume demands a reassessment of Max Harris's contribution to Australian literature, firmly establishing him as an Australian lyric poet of considerable standing.

    'Max Harris's influence on Australian cultural life has been profound. In 1989 he was recognised with the award of Order of Australia 'for services to literature'. Four years later, he was cited as 'the founding father of Australian modernism in the arts' when receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Adelaide Alumni Association.' (Publication summary)

         Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1996     pg. 12-17
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Works about this Work

The Pelvic Rose Max Harris , 1940 single work column
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , no. [1] 1940; (p. 22) Dramas from the Sky 1942; (p. 38) Harris gives a brief account of his use of symbolism and 'biological imagery' in the poem 'The Pelvic Rose'. He describes the poem as 'contemporary in spirit and technique', but 'primitive in its nature'.
The Pelvic Rose Max Harris , 1940 single work column
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , no. [1] 1940; (p. 22) Dramas from the Sky 1942; (p. 38) Harris gives a brief account of his use of symbolism and 'biological imagery' in the poem 'The Pelvic Rose'. He describes the poem as 'contemporary in spirit and technique', but 'primitive in its nature'.
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