Latest Issues
Notes
-
Dedication: To Graeme Kemelfield
-
Epigraph: 'Perhaps I have to emphasize for you / First, that it scans, and second, that it's true.' -- John Manifold.
Contents
- Citizeni"The roofs of cars were crusted thick with frost", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Official Receptioni"The train curbs its excitement and he comes,", single work poetry (p. 32)
- The Kelly Paintings (after Sidney Nolan)i"Asserted with a vigorous clear brush", single work poetry (p. 47-48)
- Monologue Among Colonial Housesi"The day contracts and shivers;", single work poetry (p. 56-58)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
"The Water Changing under Keel" : Chris Wallace-Crabbe and the Transformation of Style
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 34 no. 1 2020; (p. 7-21)'In The Breaking of Style, Helen Vendler observes that "in lyric writing, style in its largest sense is best understood as a material body." The body of style resists reshaping, and though the breaking may seem, at last, as fluid as water, many poems may be needed to prepare the transformation. This essay explores the emergence of an original voice through the first four collections by the distinguished Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. It tracks the agonistic forces of two distinct styles, present from the beginning of Wallace-Crabbe's oeuvre, demonstrating how these stylistic sources led through gradual transformation to the poet's mature voice.' (Publication abstract)
-
A Poet Among the Painters
2014
single work
biography
— Appears in: Travelling Without Gods : A Chris Wallace-Crabbe Companion 2014; (p. 47-58) -
A Modest Radiance : The Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , April no. 1 1969; (p. 45-51) -
Two Poets
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 21 no. 3 1961; (p. 52-53)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry -
Music and Parnassus
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Prospect , vol. 3 no. 1 1960; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry ; The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry
-
Higham : Wallace-Crabbe
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Letters , March vol. 2 no. 4 1960; (p. 17-19)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry -
Music of Division
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 March vol. 81 no. 4178 1960; (p. 58-59)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry -
The Younger and the Older
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1960; (p. 34-35)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry -
Two Poets
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 17 1960; (p. 43)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Music of Division [et al]
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 4 no. 2 1960; (p. 90-92)
— Review of The Music of Division 1959 selected work poetry ; The Earthbound and Other Poems 1959 selected work poetry ; The Wind at Your Door 1958 single work poetry -
A Modest Radiance : The Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , April no. 1 1969; (p. 45-51) -
A Poet Among the Painters
2014
single work
biography
— Appears in: Travelling Without Gods : A Chris Wallace-Crabbe Companion 2014; (p. 47-58) -
"The Water Changing under Keel" : Chris Wallace-Crabbe and the Transformation of Style
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 34 no. 1 2020; (p. 7-21)'In The Breaking of Style, Helen Vendler observes that "in lyric writing, style in its largest sense is best understood as a material body." The body of style resists reshaping, and though the breaking may seem, at last, as fluid as water, many poems may be needed to prepare the transformation. This essay explores the emergence of an original voice through the first four collections by the distinguished Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. It tracks the agonistic forces of two distinct styles, present from the beginning of Wallace-Crabbe's oeuvre, demonstrating how these stylistic sources led through gradual transformation to the poet's mature voice.' (Publication abstract)
