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Death of a Whale single work poetry "When the mouse died, there was a sort of pity:"

Author:agent John Blight

Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 Death of a Whale

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y Australian Poetry 1954 Ronald McCuaig (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1954 Z97654 1954 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1954
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1954
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pg. 62
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y The Bulletin vol. 75 no. 3869 7 April 1954 Z608145 1954 periodical issue 1954
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1954
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pg. 2 Section: The Red Page
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y 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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1958
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pg. 191
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y A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets John Blight , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1963 Z546323 1963 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1963
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1963
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pg. 18
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Verse Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972 Z334403 1972 anthology poetry Abstract Selection of works by Australian poets from Charles Harpur (1813-1868) to Charles Buckmaster (b. 1951). Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972
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1972
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pg. 236
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y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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1976
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pg. 224
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y Selected Poems, 1939-1975 John Blight , Melbourne : Nelson , 1976 Z544908 1976 selected work poetry Melbourne : Nelson , 1976
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1976
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pg. 186
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y What's Yours? : An Anthology of Australian Poetry Alvie Egan (editor), 6630167 1977 anthology poetry Bundoora : Victorian Foundation on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence , 1977
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1977
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y The Collins Book of Australian Poetry Rodney Hall , Sydney : Collins , 1981 Z542215 1981 anthology poetry Sydney : Collins , 1981
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1981
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pg. 216
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Melbourne : Nelson , 1984
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1984
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pg. 166
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y Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann , 1984
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1984
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pg. 238
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y Two Centuries of Australian Poetry Mark O'Connor (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1988 Z322247 1988 anthology poetry criticism Abstract 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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1988
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pg. 239
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y Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse John Barnes (editor), Brian McFarlane (editor), Richmond : Heinemann , 1984 Z900285 1984 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1988
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1988
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pg. 249-250
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y The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry John Tranter (editor), Philip Mead (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z151302 1991 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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1991
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pg. 31-32
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y Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , Martin Duwell (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z56128 1992 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992
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1992
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pg. 45
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y The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse Beatrice Davis , Melbourne : Nelson , 1984 Z315151 1984 anthology poetry biography Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press , 1996
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1996
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pg. 166
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y 50 Years of Queensland Poetry : 1940s - 1990s Philip Neilsen (editor), Helen Horton (editor), Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1998 Z893557 1998 anthology poetry Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 1998
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1998
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pg. 3
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y The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets Geoff Page (editor), Charnwood : Indigo , 2003 Z1079824 2003 anthology poetry extract Abstract A selection of almost two hundred sonnets written by Australians between 1945-2003. Charnwood : Indigo , 2003
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2003
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pg. 68
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y 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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2008
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pg. 126
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y Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 Z1570296 2009 single work criticism (taught in 3 units) Abstract 'This is a superb introduction to poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. With insight and insider knowledge, poet Geoff Page emphasises the contribution made by the notable generation of Australian poets who emerged during and just after World War II. It includes several contemporary poems which are likely to become classics in the near future. Each poem is followed by a short, lively essay discussing its merits and suggesting why it might be considered a classic.' (Publisher's blurb) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009
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2009
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pg. 91
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y Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011
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2011
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pg. 355

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John Blight (1913-1995) : 'Death of a Whale' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 91-94)

Anthologies of Australian Poetry Kenneth Slessor , 1970 single work
— Appears in: Bread and Wine : Selected Prose 1970; (p. 165-190)

y John Blight Reading Poetry John Blight , Hazel de Berg , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1959 18404978 1959 single work poetry

John Blight (1913-1995) : 'Death of a Whale' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 91-94)

Anthologies of Australian Poetry Kenneth Slessor , 1970 single work
— Appears in: Bread and Wine : Selected Prose 1970; (p. 165-190)

y John Blight Reading Poetry John Blight , Hazel de Berg , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 1959 18404978 1959 single work poetry

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