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Vincent Buckley Vincent Buckley i(A31963 works by) (a.k.a. Vincent Thomas Buckley; V. T. Buckley)
Born: Established: 8 Jul 1925 Romsey, Lancefield - Romsey area, Sunbury - Kyneton area, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 12 Nov 1988 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Irish
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On Being an Anti-Communist Poet Vincent Buckley , sequence poetry
1 Pen-Sickness i "Pen-sickness: when you remember the poem waiting,", Vincent Buckley , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry 2020; (p. 42)
1 10 y separately published work icon Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems Collected Poems Vincent Buckley , Chris Wallace-Crabbe (editor), Elwood : John Leonard Press , 2009 Z1604707 2009 selected work poetry 'This harvesting of Vincent Buckley's work is a long overdue moment in Australian poetry. Not only was Buckley a profoundly original, steadily changing poet; he was also an intellectual leader in our culture during the politically demanding decades that followed World War Two. His poems, gathered here, bear witness to the conflicts of those years, to his Irish-Australian heritage, to interactions with modern American poetry and, above all, to his delicately lyrical sense of morality. A nervous energy pulses everywhere. The last volume of Buckley's poetry appeared in 1991, three years after his death. Roughly three-quarters of that collection carried his working title, 'A Poetry Without Attitude', signalling something essential about his later work. Having begun as a poet of haunting rhetorical power, he had gradually pumiced his verse so that it stood clear, without any intrusive sense of the poet's personality. His is poetry of unique temper, surely. Here you will find the full range of it, previously published and unpublished.' (Publisher's Blurb)
1 CI Multas Per Gentes i "Through many seas and the weight of many peoples", Vincent Buckley , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
1 1 A. D. Hope and Vincent Buckley : A Correspondence (1952-1955) A. D. Hope , Vincent Buckley , David Brooks , 2001 anthology correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 61 no. 1 2001; (p. 118-152)
1 From: Stroke i "Indoors and out, weather and winds keep up", Vincent Buckley , 1998 extract poetry (Stroke)
— Appears in: Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 156-157)
1 Intellectuals Vincent Buckley , 1997 single work prose
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Essays 1997; (p. 161-168)
1 How Far Could We Go? (from Cutting Green Hay : Friendships, Movements and Cultural Conflicts in Australia's Great Decades) Vincent Buckley , 1996 extract
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 160-165)
1 Irish Customs (from Memory Ireland: Insights Into the Contemporary Irish Condition) Vincent Buckley , 1994 extract essay (Memory Ireland : Insights Into the Contemporary Irish Condition)
— Appears in: Changing Places : Australian Writers in Europe 1960s-1990s 1994; (p. 211-217)
1 Ease and the Vernacular : Notes on A.D. Hope Vincent Buckley , 1992 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , no. 9 1992; (p. 47-59)
1 15 y separately published work icon Last Poems Vincent Buckley , Ringwood : McPhee Gribble , 1991 Z175938 1991 selected work poetry satire humour
1 Teaching German Literature i "I teach German literature, and this is how it goes:", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991; (p. 134-135) Last Poems 1991; (p. 45) The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991; (p. 97)
1 From : Stroke i "In the faint blue light", Vincent Buckley , 1991 extract poetry (Stroke)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 127-130) Parts I, IV-VII of the original poem.
1 The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse : Introduction Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991; (p. xv-xxxxiv)
1 8 y separately published work icon The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse Vincent Buckley (editor), London : Faber , 1991 Z563845 1991 anthology poetry war literature satire humour
1 Ardmore Bay i "This morning in the tiding the waves were green with spray", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Last Poems 1991; (p. 191)
1 Child of Ardmore i "There's fish on the rooftop and ink in the sea", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Last Poems 1991; (p. 190)
1 Untitled i "I wrote a letter to Seamus", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: Last Poems 1991; (p. 189)
1 Untitled i "Parson Dadewell with his curates,", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Last Poems 1991; (p. 188)
1 Untitled i "Sit on the counter, girl, and dress your hair", Vincent Buckley , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Last Poems 1991; (p. 188)
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