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Frederic Manning Frederic Manning i(A15644 works by)
Also writes as: Private 19022
Born: Established: 22 Jul 1882 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 22 Feb 1935 Hampstead, London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion
Heritage: Irish ; English
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1 The Drumming of the Guns Frederic Manning , 2013 extract novel (The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916)
— Appears in: From the Trenches : The Best Anzac Writing from World War One 2013; (p. 152-165)
1 Transport i "The moon swims in milkiness,", Frederic Manning , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 212-213)
1 The Sign i "We aew here in a wood of little beeches:", Frederic Manning , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 212)
1 Relieved i "We are weary and silent;", Frederic Manning , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 211-212) International Poetry of the First World War : An Anthology of Lost Voices 2020;
1 From : The Middle Parts of Fortune Frederic Manning , 2009 extract novel war literature (The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 365-369)
1 The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916 Frederic Manning , 2004 extract novel war literature (The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916)
— Appears in: On the War-Path : An Anthology of Australian Military Travel 2004; (p. 121-127)
1 Bourne's Last Raid Private 19022 , 1988 extract war literature
— Appears in: The Australian Experience of War : Illustrated Stories and Verse 1988; (p. 79-85)
1 Friends and Mates (from The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme & Ancre, 1916) Private 19022 , 1986 extract war literature
— Appears in: Fighting Words : Australian War Writing 1986; (p. 108)
1 Untitled Private 19022 , 1986 single work war literature
— Appears in: Fighting Words : Australian War Writing 1986; (p. 92-99)
1 Death and Nature i "When my poor bones are hearsed in quiet clay,", Frederic Manning , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 196-197)
1 War in the Trenches (from Her Privates We) Frederic Manning , 1967 extract novel war literature (The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916)
— Appears in: Australians Abroad : An Anthology 1967; (p. 124-134)
1 Waiting To Go Over the Top (from The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme & Ancre, 1916) Private 19022 , 1959 extract war literature
— Appears in: Australian Letters , June vol. 2 no. 1 1959; (p. 28-30)
8 66 y separately published work icon The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916 Frederic Manning , 1929 single work novel war literature

'The drumming of the guns continued, with bursts of great intensity. It was as though a gale streamed overhead, piling up great waves of sound, and hurrying them onwards to crash in surf on the enemy entrenchments. The windless air about them, by its very stillness, made that unearthly music more terrible to hear.

'First published anonymously in 1929 because its language was considered far too frank for public circulation, The Middle Parts of Fortune was hailed by T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, by Lawrence of Arabia and Ernest Hemingway, as an extraordinary novel. Its author was in fact Frederic Manning, an Australian writer who fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and who told his story of men at war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)
1 y separately published work icon The Life of Sir William White Frederic Manning , London : John Murray , 1923 Z1260485 1923 single work biography Biography of British naval architect Sir William White (1845-1913)
1 Poetry in Prose Frederic Manning , 1921 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Chapbook , April vol. 22 no. 1921; (p. 10-15)
1 A Shell i "Here we are all, naked as Greeks,", Frederic Manning , 1917 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eidola 1917; (p. 14) Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 197)
1 Leaves i "A frail and tenuous mist lingers on baffled and intricate branches;", Frederic Manning , 1917 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Eidola 1917; (p. 25-26) Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 198) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 532) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 110) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 110) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 365)
1 1 y separately published work icon Eidola Frederic Manning , London : John Murray , 1917 Z341094 1917 selected work poetry war literature
1 Grotesque i "These are the damned circles Dante trod,", Frederic Manning , 1917 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Eidola 1917; (p. 35) Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 198) Clubbing of the Gunfire : 101 Australian War Poems 1984; (p. 69) The Australian Experience of War : Illustrated Stories and Verse 1988; (p. 78) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 365) The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 121)
1 1 The Trenches i "Endless lanes sunken in the clay,", Frederic Manning , 1917 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Eidola 1917; (p. 22-24) Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 197) Clubbing of the Gunfire : 101 Australian War Poems 1984; (p. 67-68) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 533-534) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 109-110) The Australian Experience of War : Illustrated Stories and Verse 1988; (p. 77)
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