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A Poet Among Others single work   poetry   "The self is like smoke"
  • Author:agent David Malouf http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/malouf-david
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 A Poet Among Others
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Notes

  • Epigraph: A poet, after all, is just a human being like any other and he is bound to end up in the most ordinary way, in the way most typical for his age and his times, meeting the fate that lies in wait for everyone else. Nadezhda Mandelstam

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems David Malouf , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1974 Z828769 1974 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1974 pg. 46-47
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Gesture of a Hand David Malouf (editor), Artarmon : Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1975 Z1241655 1975 anthology poetry Artarmon : Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1975 pg. 54-5
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon New South : Australian Poetry of the Late 1970s : A Selection David Brooks (editor), Toronto : Dreadnaught , 1980 Z407904 1980 anthology poetry Toronto : Dreadnaught , 1980 pg. 35-36
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Selected Poems David Malouf , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1981 Z23577 1981 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1981 pg. 53-55
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Consolidation : The Second Paperback Poets Anthology Thomas Shapcott (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1982 Z45656 1982 anthology poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1982 pg. 49-50
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview David Malouf , Jim Tulip (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 Z211109 1990 selected work novel poetry short story prose criticism biography interview

    'David Malouf is one of the finest writers in contemporary literature. This volume offers a well-balanced, compact selection of his intricately connected work. Short stories, poems, essays, interviews and the classic novel "Johnno", reproduced in full, show the range of his remarkable achievement. "Johnno", his first and most popular work of fiction, has entered the public imagination with its moving evocation of the 1940s and 50s. The novel is here counterbalanced by the wider contexts of David Malouf's poems and short stories. The uncollected essays highlight his brilliance as a literary commentator, and his deep interest in a variety of contemporary issues. James Tulip's introduction provides an indispensable overview of the work of this outstanding author.'  (Publication summary)

         St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990     pg. 235-236
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Selected Poems David Malouf , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z158982 1991 selected work poetry North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 pg. 51-52
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z493213 1992 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 pg. 107-108
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Selected Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , London : Chatto and Windus , 1994 Z1239563 1994 selected work poetry London : Chatto and Windus , 1994 pg. 68-69
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Works about this Work

'Smoke Drifting Up at Dawn' : Individual Identity in the Poetry of David Malouf Dennis Haskell , 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Provisional Maps : Critical Essays on David Malouf 1994; (p. 13-27)
David Malouf Barbara Williams (interviewer), 1991 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada , Spring no. 5 1991; (p. 81-94) In Other Words : Interviews with Australian Poets 1998; (p. 97-112, notes 274)
Discoveries and Transformations : Aspects of David Malouf's Work Laurie Hergenhan , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 11 no. 3 1984; (p. 328-341) Discusses Malouf's 'elusive' fiction in the context of his poetry, concentrating on the treatment of common developing concerns.
Discoveries and Transformations : Aspects of David Malouf's Work Laurie Hergenhan , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 11 no. 3 1984; (p. 328-341) Discusses Malouf's 'elusive' fiction in the context of his poetry, concentrating on the treatment of common developing concerns.
David Malouf Barbara Williams (interviewer), 1991 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada , Spring no. 5 1991; (p. 81-94) In Other Words : Interviews with Australian Poets 1998; (p. 97-112, notes 274)
'Smoke Drifting Up at Dawn' : Individual Identity in the Poetry of David Malouf Dennis Haskell , 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Provisional Maps : Critical Essays on David Malouf 1994; (p. 13-27)
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