F. J. H. Letters F. J. H. Letters i(A18927 works by) (a.k.a. Francis Joseph Henry Letters; Francis Letters; Francis J.H. Letters)
Born: Established: 6 Dec 1897 Gympie, Gympie area, Gympie - Cooloola - Tin Can Bay area, South East Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Sep 1964 Armidale, Armidale area, New England, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 In Memoriam (W.K. Davies) F. J. H. Letters , single work poetry
1 Australia Primaeva F. J. H. Letters , single work poetry
1 Alphabetic Theophany F. J. H. Letters , single work poetry
1 1 Humiliation i "This galling crucifix-", F. J. H. Letters , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 135)
1 y separately published work icon Chris Brennan : Scholar and Poet F. J. H. Letters , David Hardy (editor), Canberra : Melaleuca Press , 1981 Z1178645 1981 single work criticism
1 7 y separately published work icon Aurora Australis F. J. H. Letters , Surry Hills : Devonshire Press , 1963 Z335193 1963 selected work poetry
1 To Poesy i "How oft have I denied the inspiration", F. J. H. Letters , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 January vol. 81 no. 4170 1960; (p. 55)
1 Emblems i "The blind man selling light and fire there on the corner,", F. J. H. Letters , 1959 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , April vol. 18 no. 1 1959; (p. 30)
1 She i "Wide-eyed as innocence or strangled death,", F. J. H. Letters , 1959 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 18 no. 4 1959; (p. 409)
1 This Land (In Honour of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros) i "The Moses of the promised continent", F. J. H. Letters , 1958 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 19 no. 3 1958; (p. 160)
1 Brennan's Unknown Ode F. J. H. Letters , 1957 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 3 1957; (p. 143-144)
1 Tierra del Espiritu Santo F. J. H. Letters , 1957 single work poetry
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , vol. 11 no. 1957; (p. 348-349)
1 The Lord of the Shipping Line i "The lord of the shipping line", F. J. H. Letters , 1953 single work poetry
— Appears in: Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People 1953; (p. 164)
1 Psychologists and Tact F. J. H. Letters , 1952 single work
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , vol. 6 no. 4 1952; (p. 54-60)
1 The Waste Land i "There is no beauty in that land,", F. J. H. Letters , 1952 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 196-197) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 196-197)
1 Posterity F. J. H. Letters , 1948 single work essay
— Appears in: In a Shaft of Sunlight 1948; (p. 175 - 188) Letters ponders the way successive generations consider themselves and their way of doing things superior to those who have gone before. He discusses Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1887) and condemns the utopia it presents as being 'as intellectually parasitical as it is pharisaical', and suggests that as future generations will sneer at previous generations anyway, we may as well provide them with plenty to abuse us with instead of worrying what they will think of us.
1 Languages F. J. H. Letters , 1948 single work essay
— Appears in: In a Shaft of Sunlight 1948; (p. 155 - 174) Letters sets out the challenges confronting anyone wishing to properly learn a foreign language. He disputes the claims made for Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774 - 1849), who was reputed to speak thirty-eight languages perfectly, including fifty dialects of these languages, as well as speaking another thirty imperfectly.
1 Waverley F. J. H. Letters , 1948 single work essay
— Appears in: In a Shaft of Sunlight 1948; (p. 135 - 154) Letters writes about the attractions of the Sydney suburb of Waverley and regrets that it is not more celebrated.
1 Wine in Antiquity F. J. H. Letters , 1948 single work essay
— Appears in: In a Shaft of Sunlight 1948; (p. 118 - 134) Letters discusses the history and virtues of wine.
1 Houses I Have Lived In F. J. H. Letters , 1948 single work essay autobiography
— Appears in: In a Shaft of Sunlight 1948; (p. 107 - 117) Letters writes about the experience of returning to houses where one used to live and their power to revive the past. In particular, he describes a visit to his old home in South Brisbane.
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