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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Houghton Mifflin , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Contemporary Australian Poetry: An Anthology : Introduction, John Leonard , single work criticism biography (p. xv-xix)
Advice to Young Ladiesi"AUC 334: about this date", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Country Places : Hell, Hay and Booligal!i"I glean them from signposts in these country places,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 2-4)
In Memoriam : Gertrud Kolmar, 1943i"Whistling past this cemetery in the dark", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 6)
Security (for Elaine Haxton)i"Luckily, they do not make new flowers,", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Thoughts in an Airplane Possibilities in an Airplanei"Look after yourself, you said. For you, for me?", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 7)
Learning All the Words in the World (for Fabian [Faby], Aged Two)i"Walking accomplished, so much energy", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 8)
Fireworks and Champagne Fireworks and Champagnei"I pass among you disguised, you'll scarcely see me", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Spiti"It is undersea half-tide, it is land", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 9)
A Year : Almost Out of Breathi"I hear your far voice with terrible", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 9)
Bee's Sting...i"That was a very bad year, when", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Australian Dreami"The doorbell buzzed. It was past three o'clock.", David Campbell , single work poetry humour (p. 10-11)
Snakei"The tiger snake moves", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Crabi"The crab sidled out", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 12)
Augusti"Snowgums glitter like ice", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Clarinetsi"Early risers", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 13)
A Documenti"'Sign there.' I signed, but still uneasily.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Eve to Her Daughtersi"It was not I who began it.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Tableaui"Bent over, staggering in panic or despair", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 16)

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Works about this Work

A Gander at Gender and Age Carol Jenkins , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 12-20)
Carol Jenkins documents and analyses contemporary Australian poetry anthologies.
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems Norbert H. Platz , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101)
‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81)
Untitled Alan Alexander , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , May vol. 6 no. 5 1991; (p. 9)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
Polemics and Poetry Philip Salom , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1991; (p. 100-103)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry ; Poet of the 21st Century : Harry Hooton : Collected Poems Harry Hooton , 1990 collected work poetry essay
Fair Poetry Sample Geoff Page , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 June 1991; (p. B8)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
Untitled Alan Alexander , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , May vol. 6 no. 5 1991; (p. 9)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
Australian Absences Lawrence Norfolk , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 July no. 4605 1991; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Dog Fox Field : Poems Les Murray , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 Bruce Beaver , 1991 selected work poetry biography ; Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems Dorothy Hewett , 1991 selected work poetry
Untitled Kevin Mark , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 70 no. 1007 1990; (p. 22)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
Paperbacks Penelope Nelson , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 1990; (p. rev 6)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
From Infuriating to Brilliant - Four Poetry Anthologies Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 35 no. 5 1991; (p. 81-84)

— Review of Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990 anthology poetry
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems Norbert H. Platz , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101)
‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81)
After Poetry (8) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 55-59)
A Gander at Gender and Age Carol Jenkins , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 12-20)
Carol Jenkins documents and analyses contemporary Australian poetry anthologies.
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