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Contents
- Invocation of Josefa Asaselai"Much I have had in mind", single work poetry (p. 146-149)
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Chaos or a Dancing Star? : Christina Stead's 'Seven Poor Men of Sydney',
single work
criticism
biography
(p. 150-161)
'The review and analysis of Christina Stead's 'Seven Poor Men of Sydney' is discussed. The novel is a particularly challenging and original one, in spite of the surface influences of Joyce and Cabell.' (Abstract)
- Crimson Jumper, White Stripes, extract single work novel (p. 162-166)
- The Raped Girl's Fatheri"The buzz-saw whine of righteous anger rose", single work poetry (p. 166)
- Man and Boyi"Though darkness falls the cows must still be fed>", single work poetry (p. 167-168)
- Woman at a Partyi"With hot heart and desperate mind", single work poetry (p. 168)
- Dilettantei"Incense, and the smoke of burning poppy,", single work poetry (p. 169-170)
-
The Look of Australian Poetry in 1967,
single work
review
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Other Half : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; A Window at Night 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry ; (p. 171-183) - Australian and New Zealand Literature, single work criticism (p. 184-198)
- Climbing Belougery Spire, Warrambungle National Parki"Belayed to a firm block", single work poetry (p. 193)
- Recitali"A dark cadenza fingered", single work poetry (p. 199)
- Winter Portraiti"The man with no future found himself in the rain", single work poetry (p. 201)
- From the Wheat Bolti"More noticeable now. Something of eyes", single work poetry (p. 203)
- Gentle Windi"A gentle wind", single work poetry (p. 210)
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The Temperaments Are the Same,
single work
essay
(p. 211-214)
'The author argues how apathetic and uneducated Australian society is today. He mentions the cause and effect of certain Liberal party policies, for instance the cuts to education, that have concomitant effects in creating ignorant youth.' (Publication abstract)
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To the Gutless Wonders,
single work
essay
satire
(p. 215-217)
'A creative opinion piece in the style of a lecture to the younger generation, full of tongue-in-cheek advice, warnings and cynicism.' (Publication abstract)
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The Self-Watchers,
single work
essay
(p. 218-219)
'Today's is a self-watching generation. Outer events are not so important in themselves as the reactions they produce in both observer and participant. These reactions are mainly dictated by outside pressures and are not wholly personal. Everyone is his own Big Brother and watches himself anxiously for deviations from what has been disseminated as Modern Thinking.' (Publication abstract)
- Encounters with the Great : The Novelist, single work biography (p. 220-226)
- Henrietta Drake-Brockman Lament for a Dead Writer, single work biography (p. 233-237)
- Meaning, Value, and Poetry, single work criticism (p. 244-249)
