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‘Syd Harrex was born in Smithton, Tasmania, in 1935 and completed his education in Hobart in the 1950s and 60s. He left Tasmania in 1966 to become a Foundation staff member at Flinders University from where he retired in 2001 as Reader in English and Director of the Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English. Harrex began writing and publishing poetry while a student at the University of Tasmania and his poetry retains something of the “silent croon” of his island home. This chapter considers Harrex’s kinship with the poetry of some of his contemporaries and predecessors. It shows how Harrex’s relationship with these writers is a creative dialogue that shapes and enhances his thematic concerns, rather than displaying any sense of Harold Bloom’s “anxiety of influence.” The chapter also charts Harex’s poetic journey through different Australian landscapes and from immediate and personal concerns to an exploration of some of the poetry’s universal themes.’ (48)
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'Past Shapes of Things Present' in the Poetry of Syd Harrex (1935 – )
Subjects:
- Atlantis and Other Islands 1984 selected work poetry
- Inside Out 1991 selected work poetry
- Dedications 1999 selected work poetry
- No Worries, No Illusions, No Mercy 1968 selected work poetry
- Under a Medlar Tree 2004 selected work poetry
- Dougie's Ton, & 99 Other Sonnets 2007 selected work poetry
- Personal Islands 1994 single work prose
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