Working Men single work   poetry   "Seeing the telegram go limp"
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Working Men
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 Z304767 1969 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 pg. 69
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems : The Vernacular Republic Les Murray , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976 Z303467 1976 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976 pg. 28
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    y separately published work icon The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 Les Murray , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982 Z300706 1982 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982 pg. 32
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    y separately published work icon Collected Poems Les Murray , Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 Z422024 1994 selected work poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 pg. 30
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems Les Murray , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007 Z1434567 2007 selected work poetry (taught in 2 units) 'Selected Poems ... comprises what Murray himself considers his most successfully realised poems, drawn from all his collections up to and including The Biplane Houses but not including his two verse novels.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007 pg. 5
Alternative title: Arbeiter
First line of verse: "Das Telegramm wurde plötzlich schlaff,"
Language: German

Works about this Work

Contemporary Loss : The Process of Personal Sfumato Frank Crennan , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 68 2020; (p. 149-158)
'One of the most popular Irish broadcasters and writers of modern times was Nuala O'Faolain. Abruptly, in the middle of an engaged and full life, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Later, when dying, Nuala was interviewed on Raidio Teilifis Eireann, the equivalent of our ABC. Perhaps because of her fame and the popularity of this particular show, the broadcast became a national sensation. It was as if the whole of Ireland listened to this most intense end-of-life conversation, delivered not privately, at a bedside, but into the national ear. There was lightness and laughter, but there was also despair, openness and tearful honesty.' (Introduction)
Contemporary Loss : The Process of Personal Sfumato Frank Crennan , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 68 2020; (p. 149-158)
'One of the most popular Irish broadcasters and writers of modern times was Nuala O'Faolain. Abruptly, in the middle of an engaged and full life, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Later, when dying, Nuala was interviewed on Raidio Teilifis Eireann, the equivalent of our ABC. Perhaps because of her fame and the popularity of this particular show, the broadcast became a national sensation. It was as if the whole of Ireland listened to this most intense end-of-life conversation, delivered not privately, at a bedside, but into the national ear. There was lightness and laughter, but there was also despair, openness and tearful honesty.' (Introduction)
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