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Booked lauched in Melbourne at The Wheeler Centre, 2 July 2010.
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Nicholas Powell Reviews Grant Caldwell
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February vol. 37 no. 0 2012;
— Review of Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry -
The Universe of Quanta : Intention and Unintention in Contemporary Lyric Impulse
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Scholar , 1 September vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 41-56) 'This essay will examine the role of the unconscious drive in the impulse to write the lyric poem, particularly contemporary lyric verse, in the 'universe of quanta' when meaning and certainty are deemed indeterminate. This impulse or urge to write will be treated as the key part of the central stage in the three-stage process of composition, which will be described, noting its differences and similarities to Paul Valéry's notion of this process. It should be made clear from the outset that this study is concerned with the psychology of composition of lyric verse, and not with the science of objective evaluation of poetry. It will be argued that the unconscious drive in the impulse to write is sourced through 'unintention,' during a 'poetic state,' or 'hyperconsciousness,' (stage II) that is driven by the poet's deep-rooted, subterranean personal forces, in concert with and subsequent to the intention or vocation or preparedness to write poems (stage I). Key to this examination is what I call the 'poet-paradox': the notion that the self is not only what the lyric poet needs to discover and represent, but that it can be most vividly and truly represented only when the poet is not 'present,' during the peculiar focus of the 'hyperconscious,' when the poet is least self-conscious. It will be useful to establish just what it is that lyric poetry expresses, in general terms, and why it is that the difficulty or peculiarity of this expression generally necessitates 'hyperconsciousness.'' (Author's abstract) -
Sometimes Difficult, Always Diverse : Aspects of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2010-11
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 50-66)
— Review of Ashes in the Air 2011 selected work poetry ; Pebbles on the Roof 2009 selected work poetry ; Carnival Edge : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry ; I Painted Unafraid 2010 selected work poetry ; Burning Bright 2010 selected work poetry ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; Chemistry 2011 selected work poetry ; Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings 2011 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett 2010 selected work poetry ; Acts of Defiance : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Graphic : Two Sequences 2010 selected work poetry ; The Drunken Elk 2010 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Porch Music 2010 selected work poetry ; Postcards from the Centre 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry ; Little River 2010 selected work poetry ; Where N Equals a Determinacy of Poetry 2010 selected work poetry ; Heartscapes 2010 selected work poetry ; Green Hair 2010 selected work poetry ; Starlight : 150 Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; The Gossip and the Wine 2011 selected work poetry ; The Geometry of Flight 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Doubt and Burning : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Time Will Tell 2010 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems : A Collection of Flowers : 1967-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : Francis Webb 2011 collected work poetry -
In Short : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 July 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry
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In Short : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 July 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry -
Sometimes Difficult, Always Diverse : Aspects of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2010-11
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 50-66)
— Review of Ashes in the Air 2011 selected work poetry ; Pebbles on the Roof 2009 selected work poetry ; Carnival Edge : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry ; I Painted Unafraid 2010 selected work poetry ; Burning Bright 2010 selected work poetry ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; Chemistry 2011 selected work poetry ; Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings 2011 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett 2010 selected work poetry ; Acts of Defiance : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Graphic : Two Sequences 2010 selected work poetry ; The Drunken Elk 2010 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Porch Music 2010 selected work poetry ; Postcards from the Centre 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry ; Little River 2010 selected work poetry ; Where N Equals a Determinacy of Poetry 2010 selected work poetry ; Heartscapes 2010 selected work poetry ; Green Hair 2010 selected work poetry ; Starlight : 150 Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; The Gossip and the Wine 2011 selected work poetry ; The Geometry of Flight 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Doubt and Burning : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Time Will Tell 2010 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems : A Collection of Flowers : 1967-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : Francis Webb 2011 collected work poetry -
Nicholas Powell Reviews Grant Caldwell
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February vol. 37 no. 0 2012;
— Review of Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry -
The Universe of Quanta : Intention and Unintention in Contemporary Lyric Impulse
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Scholar , 1 September vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 41-56) 'This essay will examine the role of the unconscious drive in the impulse to write the lyric poem, particularly contemporary lyric verse, in the 'universe of quanta' when meaning and certainty are deemed indeterminate. This impulse or urge to write will be treated as the key part of the central stage in the three-stage process of composition, which will be described, noting its differences and similarities to Paul Valéry's notion of this process. It should be made clear from the outset that this study is concerned with the psychology of composition of lyric verse, and not with the science of objective evaluation of poetry. It will be argued that the unconscious drive in the impulse to write is sourced through 'unintention,' during a 'poetic state,' or 'hyperconsciousness,' (stage II) that is driven by the poet's deep-rooted, subterranean personal forces, in concert with and subsequent to the intention or vocation or preparedness to write poems (stage I). Key to this examination is what I call the 'poet-paradox': the notion that the self is not only what the lyric poet needs to discover and represent, but that it can be most vividly and truly represented only when the poet is not 'present,' during the peculiar focus of the 'hyperconscious,' when the poet is least self-conscious. It will be useful to establish just what it is that lyric poetry expresses, in general terms, and why it is that the difficulty or peculiarity of this expression generally necessitates 'hyperconsciousness.'' (Author's abstract)
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