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'An extraordinary poet, one of the most sensual, erudite, subversive and multifaceted, Gwen Harwood has been dubbed 'The outstanding Australian poet of the twentieth century' by Peter Porter and 'arguably the finest and most highly acclaimed poet writing in Australia' by Alison Hoddinott. However, while her poetry continues to grow in contemporary relevance and esteem, a century after her birth and 58 years since the publication of her first book of poetry, Poems (1963), Harwood remains largely unknown outside Australia.' (Introduction)
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Epigraph:
If by some chance I wrote
a fine immortal poem
it would have a mortal theme.
All that excess of life
in the museums of the mind
still there to contemplate! - 'To the Muse' from Oyster Cove Pastorals
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