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The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Official Criticism? Critical Practices and Australian Poetry
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 140-151) -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1992; (p. 89-90)
— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
Wright Criticism Hits the Right Critical Note...
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 5 no. 2 1991; (p. 156)
— Review of Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
Update on Judith Wright
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 9 November 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism
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Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1992; (p. 89-90)
— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
The Last Word is a Starting Point
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 129 1991; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
Update on Judith Wright
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 9 November 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
Wright Criticism Hits the Right Critical Note...
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 5 no. 2 1991; (p. 156)
— Review of Flame and Shadow : A Study of Judith Wright's Poetry 1991 single work criticism -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Official Criticism? Critical Practices and Australian Poetry
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 140-151)
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Subjects:
- The Moving Image : Poems 1946 selected work poetry
- Woman to Man 1946 single work poetry
- The Maker 1947 single work poetry
- This Time Alone 1971 single work poetry
- Five Senses : Selected Poems 1963 selected work poetry
- The Other Half : Poems 1966 selected work poetry
- The Living to the Dead 1956 single work poetry
- The Two Fires 1955 selected work poetry
- The Gateway 1953 selected work poetry
- Alive : Poems 1971-72 1973 selected work poetry
- Fourth Quarter 1976 selected work poetry
- Phantom Dwelling 1985 selected work poetry
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