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* Contents derived from the 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Steps into the Forest: Christopher Brennan's Fatal Attraction,
single work
criticism
Macainsh challenges the view of previous criticism that the persona of Poems (1913) is in search of God. Macainsh argues instead that the object of the poet's quest is himself which he discovers through the female. This quest instils a craving for unity that can only be achieved through the impossible synthesis of the past and future. Macainsh concludes: "It is the poet's present that bears the curse of what sunders these two".
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[Review Essay] Big-Noting : The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing,
single work
review
— Review of Big-Noting : The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing 1987 single work criticism ; (p. 365-367)