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  • Author:agent Yu Ouyang http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/ouyang-yu
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Kingsbury Tales
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'In this book of poetry, Kingsbury is where the poet has been based since he came from the People's Republic of China in 1991, the first time he came into extensive contact, and conflict with a very different culture and multi-culture.

'Covering a period of about 160 years from the First Opium War (1840) to the beginnings of the 21st century, The Kingsbury Tales serves up a poetic plate of multi-taste choice foods with choice tales, each tale represented by a poem, not longer than one A-4 page, told by people from all walks of life, including wives, concubines, lawyers, diplomats, students, professors, factory workers, mental patients and visitors, from a colonial and postcolonial point of view.' (Publisher's blurb)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Blackheath, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Brandl and Schlesinger , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In Lieu of a Prologue, Yu Ouyang , single work prose (p. 1)
Writing a Poem, in the Suni"The blinding sun of Wuhan, at my East Window", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 45)
New Accentsi"In Kingsbury, in the late 1990s", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 46)
A Novel, Tentativelyi"Verse Novel? No, that's a tautology or an oxy", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
A Brief History of Chinese Studying Overseasi"In Kingsbury, a kangaroo historian is found", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Li Hongzhang's Tale, A Fragmenti"Perhaps you do not know this name?", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Gu Hongming's Talesi"No, he is not Wellington Koo or Gu Weijun", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Two Bulletin Talesi"On 14/4/1888", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
An Aboriginal Talei"In my 15 years in Melbourne I have only ever met", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Sir Wong Hung Foo's Talei"In Kingsbury, Sir Wong Hung Foo is a man disconsolate", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Wung-Ti's Talei"You don't remember me? Ah, you such short memories", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Sir Robert Hart's Talei"In Kingsbury, Sir Robert Hart comes alive one day", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Men Who Held up the Processioni"On June 4th or the day after in 1989", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Woman and the Horse, a Short Talei"Emperor Taizong of Tang (599-649)", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
The White Woman With Bound Feeti"I must write about her regardless", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Twenty Dollar Babyi"She doesn't read Chinese", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
The Mistress's Talei"I must confess that the idea of this poem germinated whilst I", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Shanghai Womeni"This Shanghai woman sitting before me", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
Ms Cui's Talei"That night, the loneliest and the saddest", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry
The Heart Beati"'you called me last night when I was out doing some", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Ouyang Yu's 'The Knightsbury Tales' Igor Maver , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Selected Essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures 2014; (p. 61-64)
On Asian Australian Poetry Timothy Yu , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 75-88)

'In his essay, Timothy Yu reflects on both the limitations ad possibilities of identifying poetry as 'Asian Australian.' (Vickery and Alizadeh, 11)

Cyril Wong Reviews The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu Cyril Wong , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 5 2009;

— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry
Not What It Means : What It Is Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)

— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony David Brooks , 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet Christopher Kelen , 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry
Poets Caught between Land and Sea and Cultures Peter Pierce , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 December 2008; (p. 15)

— Review of Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry ; Sleeping Alone Michael Thorley , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Buoyancy Louise Oxley , 2008 selected work poetry
Poets Caught between Land and Sea and Cultures Peter Pierce , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 December 2008; (p. 15)

— Review of Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry ; Sleeping Alone Michael Thorley , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Buoyancy Louise Oxley , 2008 selected work poetry
Not What It Means : What It Is Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)

— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony David Brooks , 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet Christopher Kelen , 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry
Cyril Wong Reviews The Kingsbury Tales by Ouyang Yu Cyril Wong , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 5 2009;

— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry
On Asian Australian Poetry Timothy Yu , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 75-88)

'In his essay, Timothy Yu reflects on both the limitations ad possibilities of identifying poetry as 'Asian Australian.' (Vickery and Alizadeh, 11)

Ouyang Yu's 'The Knightsbury Tales' Igor Maver , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Selected Essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures 2014; (p. 61-64)
Last amended 1 Sep 2020 12:05:02
Subjects:
  • Kingsbury, Ivanhoe - Heidelberg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1800-1899
  • 1900-1999
  • 2000s
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