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'Since the publication of her first book in 1944, Rosemary Dobson has built a reputation as one of Australia's most important poets. This volume collects and celebrates the work of her long and distinguished career, bringing together a vast and striking body of work. The poetry ranges from the exquisitely lyrical, with its clarity of observation, to delicious wit and playfulness. Ground-breaking poems about domestic lives, especially motherhood, have influenced many younger poets, while translations and poetry about the visual arts are equally distinctive.
'Dobson herself has spoken of her poetry as 'part of a search for something only fugitively glimpsed, a state of grace which one once knew, or imagined, or from which one was turned away. Surely everyone who writes poetry would agree this is part of it - a doomed but urgent wish to express the inexpressible.' Now in her nineties, Rosemary is still producing new work and having it published.' Source: http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1189/Rosemary%20Dobson-%20Collected (Sighted 14/10/2016).
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Unit Suitable For
-Year 11 (Literature Unit 3)
Themes
balance, change, death, domestic life, fate, haunting, Light, perspective, renewal, the past, time, vision
General Capabilities
Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Information and communication technology, Intercultural understanding, Literacy, Personal and social
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Bonny Cassidy Reviews Rosemary Dobson
2013
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— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 41 2013;
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Review : Rosemary Dobson : Collected
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 27 no. 1 2013; (p. 119-120)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
Geoff Page Reviews Rosemary Dobson’s Collected
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , November no. 12 2012;
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
'Yet Always To Be Known'
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
Poetic Life in Pursuit of the Intervening Angel
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry
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Enduring Voice of a Generation
2012
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review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2 June 2012; (p. 28-29) The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2012; (p. 32-33)
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Dobson's Timeless, Sublime Quality
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 June 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
Poetic Life in Pursuit of the Intervening Angel
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
'Yet Always To Be Known'
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry -
Geoff Page Reviews Rosemary Dobson’s Collected
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , November no. 12 2012;
— Review of Rosemary Dobson : Collected 2012 selected work poetry