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A novel in verse form.
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Dedication: For my father
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 82 2004; (p. 148-151)
— Review of Drumming on Water : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel ; Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
New Poetry 2003-2004
2004
single work
essay
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 43-60) Adrian Caesar, in reviewing the year's Australian poetry, states that he has "enjoyed comparatively little of what (he) read in many of the volumes..." and "...seeks to identify trends that militate against the work gaining much of an audience." -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 23 2004;
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 December 2003; (p. 5)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel
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Long Poem Loses Plot
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 August 2003; (p. 16)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
Rural Isolation and Disquiet Depicted in Verse Novel
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 September 2003; (p. 6a)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
Striated Tears
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 255 2003; (p. 59)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
Pick of the Month
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , October no. 233 2003; (p. 11)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 December 2003; (p. 5)
— Review of Blood and Old Belief : A Verse Novel 2003 single work novel -
New Poetry 2003-2004
2004
single work
essay
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 43-60) Adrian Caesar, in reviewing the year's Australian poetry, states that he has "enjoyed comparatively little of what (he) read in many of the volumes..." and "...seeks to identify trends that militate against the work gaining much of an audience." -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2003 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award Announced in 2004
- 2003 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry
