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- Author:agent Christopher Brennan http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/brennan-christopher
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Alternative title: Fire in the Heavens
Alternative title: Fire in the heavens, and fire along the hills
Notes:Minor title variations appear in texts-
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Modern Poetry
E. W. Parker
(editor),
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1939
Z817660
1939
anthology
poetry
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1939
(pg. 2451939)
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Modern Poetry
E. W. Parker
(editor),
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1939
Z817660
1939
anthology
poetry
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1939
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New Song in an Old Land
Rex Ingamells
(editor),
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1943
Z132802
1943
anthology
poetry
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1943
(pg. 921943)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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New Song in an Old Land
Rex Ingamells
(editor),
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1943
Z132802
1943
anthology
poetry
London
:
Longmans, Green
,
1943
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The Penguin Book of Australian Verse
John Thompson
(editor),
Kenneth Slessor
(editor),
R. G. Howarth
(editor),
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1958
Z1013022
1958
anthology
poetry
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1958
(pg. 271958)
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The Penguin Book of Australian Verse
John Thompson
(editor),
Kenneth Slessor
(editor),
R. G. Howarth
(editor),
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1958
Z1013022
1958
anthology
poetry
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
1958
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The Verse of Christopher Brennan
Christopher Brennan
,
A. R. Chisholm
(editor),
John Joseph Quinn
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1960
Z443320
1960
collected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1960
(pg. 1151960)
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The Verse of Christopher Brennan
Christopher Brennan
,
A. R. Chisholm
(editor),
John Joseph Quinn
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1960
Z443320
1960
collected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1960
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Australian Poets Speak
Colin Thiele
(editor),
Ian Mudie
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1961
Z223492
1961
anthology
poetry
criticism
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1961
(pg. 13-141961)
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Australian Poets Speak
Colin Thiele
(editor),
Ian Mudie
(editor),
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1961
Z223492
1961
anthology
poetry
criticism
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1961
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From the Ballads to Brennan
T. Inglis Moore
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
Z407973
1964
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
(pg. 2051964)
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From the Ballads to Brennan
T. Inglis Moore
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
Z407973
1964
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1964
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Poetry : Reading and Understanding : An Anthology with Commentaries and Questions
K. G. W. Cross
(editor),
Derick R. C. Marsh
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Cheshire
,
1966
Z61749
1966
anthology
poetry
criticism
biography
Melbourne
:
Cheshire
,
1966
(pg. 1631966)
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Poetry : Reading and Understanding : An Anthology with Commentaries and Questions
K. G. W. Cross
(editor),
Derick R. C. Marsh
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Cheshire
,
1966
Z61749
1966
anthology
poetry
criticism
biography
Melbourne
:
Cheshire
,
1966
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Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse
Clifford O'Brien
,
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1968
Z413694
1968
anthology
poetry
extract
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1968
(pg. 123-1241968)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse
Clifford O'Brien
,
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1968
Z413694
1968
anthology
poetry
extract
Adelaide
:
Rigby
,
1968
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Poems [1913]
C. J. Brennan
,
Sydney
:
G. B. Philip
,
1913
Z1014667
1913
selected work
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
This work comprises three major sections: 'Towards the Source', 1894-1897; 'The Forest of the Night', 1898-1902; 'The Wanderer', 1902, and two concluding segments, 'Pauca Mea' and 'Epilogues' (Oxford Companion to Australian Literature ).
Brennan's own descriptionof the work was ' a sublimation of a whole imaginitive life and experience into a subtly ordered series of poems, where each piece has, of course, its individual value, and yet cannot be interpreted save in its relation to the whole' (The Prose of Chritopher Brennan, ed. A. R. Chisolm.)
Sydney : Sydney University Press , 1972(pg. 1081972)
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Poems [1913]
C. J. Brennan
,
Sydney
:
G. B. Philip
,
1913
Z1014667
1913
selected work
poetry
(taught in 1 units)
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Selected Poems
Christopher Brennan
,
G. A. Wilkes
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1973
Z438497
1973
selected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1973
(pg. 571973)
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Selected Poems
Christopher Brennan
,
G. A. Wilkes
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1973
Z438497
1973
selected work
poetry
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1973
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The Collins Book of Australian Poetry
Rodney Hall
,
Sydney
:
Collins
,
1981
Z542215
1981
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Collins
,
1981
(pg. 921981)
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The Collins Book of Australian Poetry
Rodney Hall
,
Sydney
:
Collins
,
1981
Z542215
1981
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
Collins
,
1981
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Christopher Brennan
Christopher Brennan
,
Terry Sturm
(editor),
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1984
Z406454
1984
selected work
poetry
criticism
biography
correspondence
prose
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1984
(pg. 491984)
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Christopher Brennan
Christopher Brennan
,
Terry Sturm
(editor),
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1984
Z406454
1984
selected work
poetry
criticism
biography
correspondence
prose
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1984
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My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years
Leonie Kramer
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
Z219820
1985
anthology
poetry
short story
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
(pg. 3991985)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years
Leonie Kramer
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
Z219820
1985
anthology
poetry
short story
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1985
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Appears in:
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The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse
Les Murray
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
Z427532
1986
anthology
poetry
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
(pg. 91-921986)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse
Les Murray
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
Z427532
1986
anthology
poetry
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
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Appears in:
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Two Centuries of Australian Poetry
Mark O'Connor
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1988
Z322247
1988
anthology
poetry
criticism
Contains poems grouped into 18 thematic sections (19 in 2nd. ed.) ; each section has an introduction, notes and suggestions for study activities and further study. Biographical notes on authors and indexes also included.
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1988
(pg. 661988)
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Two Centuries of Australian Poetry
Mark O'Connor
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1988
Z322247
1988
anthology
poetry
criticism
Contains poems grouped into 18 thematic sections (19 in 2nd. ed.) ; each section has an introduction, notes and suggestions for study activities and further study. Biographical notes on authors and indexes also included.
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1988
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Appears in:
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The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse
Les Murray
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
Z427532
1986
anthology
poetry
South Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1996
(pg. 91-921996)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse
Les Murray
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1986
Z427532
1986
anthology
poetry
South Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1996
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Appears in:
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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. 2991998)Note: With title: From 'The Forest of the Night'.
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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
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Sunlines : An Anthology of Poetry to Celebrate Australia's Harmony in Diversity
Anne Fairbairn
(editor),
Canberra
:
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
,
2002
Z948024
2002
anthology
poetry
Canberra
:
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
,
2002
(pg. 242002)
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Sunlines : An Anthology of Poetry to Celebrate Australia's Harmony in Diversity
Anne Fairbairn
(editor),
Canberra
:
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
,
2002
Z948024
2002
anthology
poetry
Canberra
:
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
,
2002
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Appears in:
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Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson
Michael Cook
(editor),
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
Z1266972
2004
anthology
poetry
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
(pg. 992004)
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Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From the Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson
Michael Cook
(editor),
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
Z1266972
2004
anthology
poetry
Seven Hills
:
Little Hills Press
,
2004
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Appears in:
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100 Australian Poems You Need to Know
Jamie Grant
(editor),
Prahran
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2008
Z1545298
2008
anthology
poetry
Prahran
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2008
(pg. 832008)Note: With title: Fire in the heavens, and fire along the hills
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100 Australian Poems You Need to Know
Jamie Grant
(editor),
Prahran
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2008
Z1545298
2008
anthology
poetry
Prahran
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2008
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Appears in:
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Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature
Nicholas Jose
(editor),
Kerryn Goldsworthy
(editor),
Anita Heiss /specialistDatasets/BlackWords
(editor),
David McCooey
(editor),
Peter Minter /specialistDatasets/BlackWords
(editor),
Nicole Moore
(editor),
Elizabeth Webby
(editor),
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2009
Z1590615
2009
anthology
correspondence
diary
drama
essay
extract
poetry
prose
short story
(taught in 23 units)
'Some of the best, most significant writing produced in Australia over more than two centuries is gathered in this landmark anthology. Covering all genres - from fiction, poetry and drama to diaries, letters, essays and speeches - the anthology maps the development of one of the great literatures in English in all its energy and variety.
'The writing reflects the diverse experiences of Australians in their encounter with their extraordinary environment and with themselves. This is literature of struggle, conflict and creative survival. It is literature of lives lived at the extremes, of frontiers between cultures, of new dimensions of experience, where imagination expands.
'This rich, informative and entertaining collection charts the formation of an Australian voice that draws inventively on Indigenous words, migrant speech and slang, with a cheeky, subversive humour always to the fore. For the first time, Aboriginal writings are interleaved with other English-language writings throughout - from Bennelong's 1796 letter to the contemporary flowering of Indigenous fiction and poetry - setting up an exchange that reveals Australian history in stark new ways.
'From vivid settler accounts to haunting gothic tales, from raw protest to feisty urban satire and playful literary experiment, from passionate love poetry to moving memoir, the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature reflects the creative eloquence of a society.
'Chosen by a team of expert editors, who have provided illuminating essays about their selections, and with more than 500 works from over 300 authors, it is an authoritative survey and a rich world of reading to be enjoyed.' (Publisher's blurb)
Allen and Unwin have a YouTube channel with a number of useful videos on the Anthology.
Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009(pg. 288-2892009)
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Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature
Nicholas Jose
(editor),
Kerryn Goldsworthy
(editor),
Anita Heiss /specialistDatasets/BlackWords
(editor),
David McCooey
(editor),
Peter Minter /specialistDatasets/BlackWords
(editor),
Nicole Moore
(editor),
Elizabeth Webby
(editor),
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2009
Z1590615
2009
anthology
correspondence
diary
drama
essay
extract
poetry
prose
short story
(taught in 23 units)
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Appears in:
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The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry
John Leonard
(editor),
Glebe
:
Puncher and Wattmann
,
2009
Z1674214
2009
anthology
poetry
(taught in 16 units)
Glebe
:
Puncher and Wattmann
,
2009
(pg. 3542009)
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y
The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry
John Leonard
(editor),
Glebe
:
Puncher and Wattmann
,
2009
Z1674214
2009
anthology
poetry
(taught in 16 units)
Glebe
:
Puncher and Wattmann
,
2009
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- Translator: Raghid Nahhas
Alternative title: 'من 'التماس الصمت
Transliterated title: Min ' iltimas assamt '
First line of verse: "ار في السماوات، نار على الهضاب = Fire in the heavens, and fire along the hills,"Language: English , Arabic-
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New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse
Judith Wright
,
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1957
Z560909
1957
anthology
poetry
'Poetry in themes - Pioneering - Convicts and bushrangers - Birds and animals - Towns and people - War - Youth - Time and eternity - Thought and personality.' (Source: WorldCat website)
Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1957(pg. 481957)Note: With title: Fire in the Heavens
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New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse
Judith Wright
,
Melbourne
:
Oxford University Press
,
1957
Z560909
1957
anthology
poetry
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Whispers from the Faraway South : Translations of Selected Australian Poetry
همسات الجنوب البعيد : ترجمة لمختارات من الشعر الأسترالي
Raghid Nahhas
(editor),
Damascus
:
Alabgdya
,
1999
Z1146324
1999
selected work
poetry
Damascus
:
Alabgdya
,
1999
(pg. 50-511999)
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Whispers from the Faraway South : Translations of Selected Australian Poetry
همسات الجنوب البعيد : ترجمة لمختارات من الشعر الأسترالي
Raghid Nahhas
(editor),
Damascus
:
Alabgdya
,
1999
Z1146324
1999
selected work
poetry
Damascus
:
Alabgdya
,
1999
Works about this Work
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Christopher Brennan : Fire in the Heavens
Vivian Smith
,
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 13 no. 3 2006; (p. 10-11)
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Christopher Brennan : Fire in the Heavens
Vivian Smith
,
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 13 no. 3 2006; (p. 10-11)
- Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,