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The Hero and the Hydra sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent James McAuley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mcauley-james
Issue Details: First known date: 1956... 1956 The Hero and the Hydra
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Notes

  • Drawing on the Greek tales of the Prometheus legend, the work 'affirms traditional moral and spiritual values'. (Source: Oxford Companion to Australian Literature).
  • Author's notes give the date of writing as 1947-1949.

Includes

The Death of Chiron i "The herdboys shout unseen among the rocks;", James McAuley , 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1949-50 1950; (p. 40-44) A Vision of Ceremony : Poems 1956; (p. 48-50) A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 183-186) James McAuley 1963; (p. 18-21) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 183-186) Collected Poems 1936-1970 1971; (p. 52-55)
The Ascent of Heracles i "The matron goddess Hera walked the earth", James McAuley , 1956 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Vision of Ceremony : Poems 1956; (p. 51-54) Collected Poems 1936-1970 1971; (p. 55-59) Collected Poems 1994; (p. 68-73) Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
The Tomb of Heracles i "A dry tree with an empty honeycomb", James McAuley , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 13 no. 3 1954; (p. 349) A Vision of Ceremony : Poems 1956; (p. 55) James McAuley 1963; (p. 22) Collected Poems 1936-1970 1971; (p. 59) James McAuley : Poetry, Essays and Personal Commentary 1988; (p. 42) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 143)
Prometheus : A Secular Masque i "I heard a voice cry louder than the storm.", James McAuley , 1948 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1948; (p. 34-40) A Vision of Ceremony : Poems 1956; (p. 39-47) Collected Poems 1936-1970 1971; (p. 45-52) Collected Poems 1994; (p. 55-64) Australian Poetry Library 2004-;

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Vision of Ceremony : Poems James McAuley , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1956 Z137699 1956 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1956 pg. 37-55
    Note:

    Dedication: to Harold Stewart

    Epigraph: These things have seemed to me to resemble the truth (from Xenophanes)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems 1936-1970 James McAuley , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1971 Z136303 1971 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1971 pg. 43-59
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Works about this Work

From Heroism to Pietas : The Anti-Modernist's Progress in the Poetry of James McAuley Jennifer Strauss , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 48 no. 3 1989; (p. 597-610)
From Heroism to Pietas : The Anti-Modernist's Progress in the Poetry of James McAuley Jennifer Strauss , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 48 no. 3 1989; (p. 597-610)
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