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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 An Inherited Epic of Gilgamesh : A Poetic Memoir Dedicated to James McAuley
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In this, his seventh book of poetry, written over a period of more than forty years, Graeme Hetherington explores how his friendship with James McAuley has parallels with that of Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the ancient Mesopotamian epic. As in the original, it is a warts and all treatment, with human behaviour in relationship to loss and the inevitability of death being the concerns that bind it together.

‘Graeme Hetherington’s depiction of his relationship with his friend and mentor James McAuley is enhanced by framing it within the context of the Gilgamesh epic. This provides an opportunity not only to describe the nature of a personal relationship in some depth, but to consider broader aspects of the human condition - love, loss, loneliness, mutability and mortality. By exploring both the personal and universal so honestly and powerfully, Hetherington adds to our understanding of both his subject and himself.’ - Ralph Spaulding' (Publication summary)

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    • Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Ginninderra Press , 2019 .
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      Extent: 64p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 2019

      ISBN: 9781760416713

Works about this Work

Verbal Castles Ivan Head , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 63 no. 9 2019; (p. 87-90)

— Review of Etiquette with Angels Andrew Bullen , 1992 selected work poetry ; Catching the Light Suzanne Edgar , 2019 selected work poetry ; An Inherited Epic of Gilgamesh : A Poetic Memoir Dedicated to James McAuley Graeme Hetherington , 2019 selected work poetry ; The Gang of One : Selected Poems of Robert Harris Robert Harris , 2019 selected work poetry ; Long-distance Poet : (A Portrait of the Poet as an Old Fart) Edwin Wilson , 2019 selected work poetry
Verbal Castles Ivan Head , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 63 no. 9 2019; (p. 87-90)

— Review of Etiquette with Angels Andrew Bullen , 1992 selected work poetry ; Catching the Light Suzanne Edgar , 2019 selected work poetry ; An Inherited Epic of Gilgamesh : A Poetic Memoir Dedicated to James McAuley Graeme Hetherington , 2019 selected work poetry ; The Gang of One : Selected Poems of Robert Harris Robert Harris , 2019 selected work poetry ; Long-distance Poet : (A Portrait of the Poet as an Old Fart) Edwin Wilson , 2019 selected work poetry
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